Pelargonium inodorum
Pelargonium inodorum, commonly known as wild pelargonium, is a flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae. It is grows in New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, New Zealand. It has scented leaves and mostly pink flowers.
Description
Pelargonium inodorum is a perennial or short-lived aromatic herb up to high, softly hairy and thick taproots. The leaves are arranged opposite, oval to heart-shaped, long, wide, occasionally with 5-7 rounded lobes, upper surface maybe smooth or both surfaces with occasional hairs and on a petiole long. The flowers are borne in clusters of 3-14 on a peduncle long, pedicels long, larger when fruiting. The petals are pink with darker purple or pink markings, long and calyx lobes long. Flowering occurs mostly in summer and the fruit is a schizocarp long and covered in soft, thin, separated hairs.
Taxonomy
Pelargonium inodorum was first formally described in 1804 by Carl Ludwig von Willdenow and the description was published in Hortus Berolinensis.
Distribution and habitat
Wild pelargonium is a widespread species found growing in moist low lying areas to montane woodlands in New South Wales, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory.