Family: Geraniaceae
Pelargonium rodneyanum
Citation:
T.L. Mitchell ex Lindley in T.L. Mitchell, Three Exped. Int. eastern Austral. 2:143 (1838).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Magenta storks bill.
Description:
Erect perennial herb to 40 cm high, covered with short glandular hairs and a few long eglandular ones; the roots bearing tubers sometimes arranged in chains; leaves ovate, to 5 cm long, slightly 5-7-lobed; petioles to 7 or rarely 10 cm long.
Flowers in umbels of 2-7; peduncles sometimes arising from the axils of the basal leaves; pedicels to 22 mm long, glandular-puberulent; calyx lobes to 6 mm long; sepal spur 5-9 mm long, prominent on the pedicel; petals deep-pink, very unequal, to 18 mm long, the posterior ones bearing darker markings; stamens to 5 mm long, 7 or 8 fertile.
Published illustration:
Cochrane et al. (1968) Flowers and plants of Victoria, fig. 232.
Distribution:
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Usually on granite outcrops.
S.Aust.: SE. N.S.W.; Vic.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Nov. — May.
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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:
Not yet available
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