Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Pelargonium sp. Striatellum
Common name
Omeo storksbill
Family
Geraniaceae
Where found
Lake shores of irregularly inundated or ephemeral lakes, in the transition zone between surrounding grasslands or pasture, wetland or aquatic communities; and dry lake beds. Known from only 4 locations in NSW, on the basalt plains of the Monaro and at Lake Bathurst.
Notes
Perennial herb to about 0.15 m high, rhizomatous, in colonies that may be up to several metres wide. Stems almost velvety with short glandular hairs and simple hairs, and usually scattered longer simple hairs. Leaves all or mostly in a basal rosette, stem leaves, if present, opposite each other. Leaves 1–2.5 cm long, 10–20 mm wide, entire to shallowly 5–7-lobed, with minute glandular hairs and with short, coarse non-glandular hairs along the veins and near the margins, margins scalloped. Flowers pale to bright pink with crimson or purple branching stripes, with 5 petals each 8–11 mm long, and 6-7 stamens that produce pollen. Sepals 4.5–5.5 mm long, with pointed tips, almost velvety, glandular, sometimes with scattered longer hairs, sepal spur 1–1.5 mm long. Flowers in 1-7-flowered clusters on stalks 1-2 cm long. Flowers October to March.
Full name Pelargonium sp. Striatellum (G.W.Carr 10345) G.W.Carr
Endangered Australia. Endangered NSW. Provisions of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63 relating to the protection of protected plants generally also apply to plants that are a threatened species.
Vulnerable Vic (as Pelargonium sp. 1)
NSW Threatened Species profile: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=20147 (accessed 13 April 2021)
VICFLORA description (as Pelargonium sp. 1): https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/69e9e28a-8876-4da3-aec2-e699c45bee1b (accessed 8 March 2021)
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