SNAPPED: Sticky Geranium (Geranium viscosissimum)

Sticky Geranium (Geranium viscosissimum) Photo: Ashley Brown

Sticky Geranium is a species of Geranium commonly called Cranesbill. The pinkish/purple or white flowers are one to two inches wide and grow in eye-catching clusters. The plant can be up to three feet tall and grows throughout the western United States and southwest regions of British Columbia.

Sticky Geranium symbolizes fertility, health, and love. Indigenous people used the roots for a cold remedy, a food preservative, and a love potion. Birds and small mammals eat the seeds, while elk, deer, and bears enjoy munching on the leaves.

This plant has the remarkable capacity to dissolve protein, like insects, which makes it protocarnivorous.

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