Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Pelargonium x domesticum
Common name
Pelargonium
Family
Geraniaceae
Where found
Coastal dunes. Other sites from dumped garden rubbish. North from Wollongong. Montague Island east of Narooma.
Notes
Introduced shrub to about 1 m high. Stems sticky hairy. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, to about 8 cm long and 100 mm wide, shallowly lobed and toothed, sometimes entire, surfaces hairy or more or less hairless. Flowers light to deep pink, usually steaked or blotched crimson, with 5 petals each 15–45 mm long, and usually 8 stamens that produce pollen. Sepals 12–16 mm long, sepal spur 10–20 mm long. Flowers in 3–10-flowered clusters. Flowers Sep.–Jan.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pelargonium~x+domesticum (accessed 29 January, 2021)
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