Family: Geraniaceae
Plant: Small, slender and sprawling coarsely hairy herb with flowering stems up to 70cm long.
Flowers: Small pale pink to white 1cm wide regular flowers in terminal pairs with 5 petals and 10 stamens.
Flowering: November-February.
Fruit: 11-14mm long, hairy and with a long thin tapering point.
Leaves: Opposite, deeply divided into 3-5 lobes, 2-4cm long and 3-5cm wide,. The leaves are hairy and often purplish underneath.
Habitat: Both wet and dry sclerophyll forest and in rainforest margins.
Features: Spreading deeply-lobed hairy herb. Tiny pink flowers. Pointed fruit.
Name:
Geranium From Greek geranos = a crane (thus its common name ‘Cranesbill’)
homeanum From Latin = similar
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Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Pink, White |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple, Compound |
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Shape |
Other |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Lobed/Divided |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Hairy, |
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Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest, |
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Dry sclerophyll forest |
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