Thorny shrub found in woods and open locations in the mountains, and blooms from May to July. The hips, or fruit, may be eaten and are often used to make jams and jellies. The flowers have a pleasant rose aroma. These flowers are very common and occur in very showy displays in dry places. Blooms May to October.
Flowers can be so dense they usually hide the leaf surface.
Geranium Phlox Sticky Geraniums have pink-lavender to purplish flowers in an open cluster near the top of long stalks. Flowers have 5 petals with palmately cleft and deeply divided leaves. Grows from 1'-3' tall. Can be found in open woods and meadows from lowlands to well into the mountains. Blooms May to August.