Richardsonii: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora (BF)  and Flora of Alberta (FOA) leading to this species. 

	plants perennial, with rootstocks or caudices; NOT [plants annual or biennial]
	petals much longer than sepals; NOT [petals scarcely longer than sepals]
	petals 1-2 cm long; NOT [petals 2-8 mm long]
	petals white or purple-tinged; NOT [petals purple to rose to pink, rarely white]
	petals pilose on the inner surface one-third to one-half their length; NOT [petals pilose inside not one-fourth their length]

Geranium: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora (BF)  and Flora of Alberta (FOA) leading to this genus. 

	leaves palmately divided; NOT [leaves pinnately divided]
	leaves palmately veined; NOT [leaves pinnately veined]
	anthers 10; NOT [anthers 5]
	stylar parts glabrous within; NOT [stylar parts bearded within]
	tails of capsules merely curved; NOT [tails of capsules twisted at maturity]
	capsule round; NOT [capsule spindle-shaped]

Geraniaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family.

	herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]
	plants terrestrial or semiaquatic; NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged or floating]
	plants NOT with colored milky juice
	plants with more than one normal leaf
	some or all leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite, whorled, or basal]
	leaves with stipules; NOT [leaves without stipules, or having glands]
	leaves palmately divided; NOT [leaves of three leaflets]
	flowers regular in shape; NOT [flowers irregular in shape]
	flowers with two floral rings, and with each petal distinct from the others
	calyx regular; NOT [calyx irregular, some sepals smaller than others]
	stamens 5 or 10; NOT [stamens usually numerous]
	stamens usually separate or partly so, not in a column; NOT [stamens numerous, united into a column]
	ovary of 5 united carpels; NOT [ovary of one or more carpels, either separate or enclosed by a fleshy receptacle]
	fruit with a long beak; NOT [fruit not beaked]