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Geranium retrorsum L'Hér. ex DC.
Family Geraniaceae
Common name: Common Cranesbill

Geranium retrorsum L'Hér. ex DC. APNI*

Description: Ascending to decumbent perennial herb with stems to 50 cm long, softly hairy with short retrorsely appressed hairs; taproot turnip-shaped.

Leaves opposite on flowering stems, palmatisect with lamina ovate to ± circular to reniform in outline, 1–2 cm long, 1.5–3 cm wide, usually 5–7-lobed; lobes divided into 3 narrow secondary lobes, appressed-hairy; petiole 2–7 cm long.

Flowers usually paired; peduncle 0.6–2, or rarely 6 cm long; pedicels 2–4 cm long. Sepals 4–6 mm long. Petals 5–10 mm long, pink with yellowish veins. Anthers yellow.

Fruit 10–17 mm long; mericarps coarsely hairy; seeds black to dark brown, with deep, ± equal-sided pits.


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Flowering: June–February

Distribution and occurrence: Widespread, chiefly in woodland and grassland.
NSW subdivisions: NC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas. W.A. S.A.
AVH map***

Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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