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Pelargonium helmsii Carolin
Family Geraniaceae
Common name: Alpine Stork's-bill

Pelargonium helmsii Carolin APNI*

Synonyms: Pelargonium littorale subsp. helmsii (Carolin) Hellbr., ms. APNI*

Description: Perennial herb to 25 cm high, softly hairy; stems densely hairy with short non-glandular and glandular hairs; taproot ± fleshy.

Leaves opposite with lamina reniform to ± circular, 1–4 cm long, 1–4.5 cm wide, often shallowly lobed, lobes crenate, hairy with short scattered hairs; petiole to 13 cm long.

Umbels 5–12-flowered, compact; peduncle 3–7 cm long; pedicels c. 2 mm long. Calyx lobes 3–5 mm long, sepal spur < 1 mm long. Petals 6–8 mm long, deep pink, posterior ones sometimes with deeper markings. Fertile stamens 4 or 5.

Fruit 12–16 mm long; mericarps hirsute, awn with long golden hairs on inner surface.


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Flowering: chiefly summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in alpine heath at higher altitudes in the Kosciusko district.
NSW subdivisions: ST
Other Australian states: Vic.
AVH map***

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


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