Groundcover

Pelargonium australe
​​​         Austral Stork's Bill
Descriptor
Hairy perennial herb forming a clump, fleshy tap root. Pairs of soft aromatic egg-shaped to round leaves to 9cm across, velvety below, entire or shallowly 5-7 lobed, margins scalloped and often wavy, stalk to 13cm long. Clusters of 6-12,  5-petalled flowers, upper 2 petals with crimson to purple blotches or veins on long stalks. Long spreading hairs on calyx. Pink with crimson to purple markings on flowers. 
Cultural knowledge
  
Ecological role
 
Height
0.6m
Width
1m
Sun 
Full sun to dappled shade
Soil type
Well drained soils
Flowering time
October to March

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