Geranium potentilloides var. potentilloides
Soft Crane's-bill
Prostrate scrambling hairy perennial herb, sometimes rooting at nodes. Thick, much branched taproot.
Additional information
- FamilyGeraniaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Sizestems to 1 m long
- Plant groupingHerbs & Groundcovers <1m
- LeavesKidney-shaped to round leaves 0.5-4.5 cm long, deeply divided into 5-7 3-pronged lobes. Often purplish below.
- Flower colourPale to mid pink
- Flowering timeSeptember to March
- FlowersSingle flowers, 10-15 mm wide, on primary stalks 0-35 mm long, anthers yellow to orange. Sepals oval, downy with longer curved hairs on base & margins. Beaked fruit 12-20 mm long.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsMoist to moist well drained soils in sheltered sites in the lowlands and foothills. Semi-shade to full shade.
- Garden useSoft spreading herb for moist spots.
- Commercially availableIndigenous nursery
- Conservation statusWidespread within the Shire
- Aboriginal Use Food - taproot roasted
- Related speciesSpecial features - much branched taproot, short, soft hairs over entire plant, single flowers, downy hairy sepals, yellow to orange anthers.
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Photographer/s: 1, 3-5 Marilyn Bull ©; 2 Peter Kinchington ©
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