Family: Geraniaceae
Pelargonium littorale
Citation:
Huegel, Bot. Arch. t. 5 (1837).
Synonymy: P. crinitum Nees in Lehm., Pl. Preiss. 1:163 (1845); P. stenanthum Turcz., Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 31:419 (1858); P. inodorum sensu J. Black, Fl.S. Aust. 483 (1948); P. renifolium Swinbourne, Trans. R.Soc. S. Aust. 94:51 (1970).
, Pelargonium australe Common name: Storks bill, kopata.
Description:
Erect to ascending herb to 40 cm high; stems with long scattered spreading silky hairs and some short glandular ones; leaves ovate-cordate, to 4 cm long, slightly 5-7-lobed, sparsely hairy; petioles to 7 cm long.
Flowers in umbels of 2-7; peduncles to 8 cm long; pedicels to 2 cm long, hairy as the stems; calyx lobes to 4 mm long; sepal spur 1-3.5 mm long; petals usually deep-pink, c. 6 mm long; stamens c. 4 mm long, 4 or 5 fertile.
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Image source: fig 390d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 434.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: FR, EP, YP, SL, KI, SE. W.Aust.; Vic. (western section).
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Oct. — April.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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