Detail
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Pelargonium australe
Austral Storks-bill
Notes

Uses: Attractive perennial herb for native landscaping and understorey planting. Responds to hard pruning
Requires well draining soil. Butterfly attracting.
Cultural use: Roots once used as an indigenous food source..
Note: Fire retardant plant as per SA Country Fire Service, contact for further information.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.


:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:KI: Kangaroo Island
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide

  • Height 0.3-0.7m
  • Spread 0.5-1.5m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
    • position-partshade Part Shade
  • Family Geraniaceae
  • Botanical Name Pelargonium australe
  • Common Name Austral Storks-bill
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW, WA, Tas
  • Habit Dwarf, Spreading to ascending
  • Landscape Coast, Coastal dunes, 2nd line coast
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Fire, Lime, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Pink
  • Flowering Time Spring, Autumn
  • Flower Type Open-petalled
  • Purpose Bush food, Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Low shrub (Up to 1.2m)