Family: Geraniaceae
Plant: A hairy, sprawling or slightly ascending herb up to about 40cm high with downy stems.
Flowers: Pale pink-violet with 5 petals and 7-8 fertile stamens in a 4-12 flowered terminal umbel. Each flower is about 1.5cm across with the 2 larger upper petals having darker pink veins.
Flowering: October-March.
Fruit: Thin with a tapering beak, 8-15mm long.
Leaves: Broad, lobed heart-shaped 2-9cm long and 2-8cm wide. The stem leaves are opposite and hairy whilst the basal leaves are tufted and large. The leaves are long stalked, have wavy or toothed margins and are slightly aromatic.
Habitat: Coastal dunes and cliffs.
Features: Herb with heart-shaped, opposite leaves with alternate parallel veins. Pink-violet flowers. Aromatic.
Name:
Pelargonium From Greek = stork (referring to the shape of its fruit)
australe From Latin = southern
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Pink, Violet |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Green |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Heart-shaped |
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Length |
Short, Medium |
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Margins |
Lobed/Divided, Wavy, |
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Toothed/Serrated |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Hairy, Aromatic |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Beach strand |
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