Magenta Stork's-bill

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Pelargonium rodneyanum

Small herb to 30 cm tall. Leaves dark green, oval shaped, 40 mm long, held on long stalks and arranged in a rosette. Flowers reddish-purple, relatively large, up to 3 cm wide, held in small clusters on tall stems.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Distinctive Features

Five-petalled magenta coloured flowers with darker veins. Wrinkly looking, geranium-like leaves.
Biology

Perennial. Widespread in grasslands, woodlands and forests, especially on stony rises and rocky stream banks.Forms vertical tubers as part of its root system. Kangaroos and wombats eat the tubers during times of drought.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Oct-Feb
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Geraniales
Family
Geraniaceae
Genus
Pelargonium
Species
rodneyanum

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Pelargonium comes from the Greek word pelargos (a stork) which refers to its fruit which resembles a stork's bill.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native