Australasian Geranium

Description

Decumbent annual or perennial herb with flowering stems to 70 cm long, coarsely hairy; taproot fleshy, often much-branched. Leaves on stems opposite, palmatisect with lamina - circular to reniform in outline, 2-4 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, 3-5-lobed; lobes oblong to obovate, divided to more than halfway to midrib into 3 secondary lobes or teeth towards apex, both surfaces with coarse appressed hairs; petiole to 5 cm long. Flowers usually paired; peduncle 1.8-2.4 cm long; pedicels 1.5-2.2 cm long. Sepals 4-5 mm long. Petals 2-4 mm long, pink to - white. Anthers white with purple dehiscence lines. Fruit 11-14 mm long; mericarps coarsely hairy; seeds dark brown, with elongated pits.