Wild Geranium

Description:

Very small flowers when in bloom. These are the seed structures, a short spike surrounded by the seeds. The leaves are deeply lobed

Habitat:

In a grassy area alongside a small creek

Notes:

The seed dispersal for the Wild Geranium is very interesting. The seeds are held in a sort of ring of catapults around a central stalk. As it dries out, the scoop of the catapult is released and springs up, tossing the seed far (relatively speaking) from the parent plant.