Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Geranium antrorsum
Common name
Rosetted cranesbill
Family
Geraniaceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, heath, alpine herbfields, grassy areas, cold valleys, and the margins of bogs, at higher altitudes. Kosciuszko National Park. ACT. South of the Hume Highway - tablelands and western edge of the ranges.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.15 m high. Plants form compact clumps. Bases thick, covered with dry old leaf bases and leaf stalks. Flower stalks very short and inconpicuous, 1-4 cm long in flower, covered in hairs pointing upwards, or more rarely, the hairs spreading outwards. Leaves basal, crowded in a rosette, 1–4 cm long, 15–70 mm wide, coarsely appressed-hairy, with 5–7 lobes, the lobes further divided and often toothed, the tips of the lobes blunt. Flowers pink to magenta, occasionally whitish, with 5 petals 5–12 mm long, 3-5 mm wide. Sepals hairy, 4–6 mm long, mucro to 2 mm long. Anthers yellow, with a purple line. Flowers single, usually at or beneath the level of the leaves. Seeds about 2 mm long, brown, or greenish black, the surface smooth or covered in a fine network (rather than pitted) (needs a hand lens or a macro app on your phone/tablet to see). Flowering: Dec.–Apr.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Geranium~antrorsum (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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