Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Geranium solanderi var. solanderi |
| Common Name: | austral crane's bill, australian cranesbill, cut-leaf cranesbill, hairy geranium, native carrot, native geranium, southern cranesbill |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (home), Indigenous Plant Use |
| Indigenous Plant Use: | Woody tap root rich in starch can be cooked and eaten.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! |
| Growing Conditions: | Partial Shade
Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 50 cm x 1.5 m, stems to 50 cm long. |
| Foliage: | Kidney-shaped to round leaves to 6 cm long, deeply divided into 5-7 lobes, forked 2-3 times or more; tips rounded; stem leaves narrow-lobed. Hairs on upper surface few to none, scattered, curved; few long, spreading hairs below. |
| Flowers: | Single or paired white to bright pink flowers to 12 mm wide, petals slightly notched, on primary stalks 7-25 mm long, anthers lemon to pink with dark purple lines. Sepals egg-shaped to oblong with tiny tip and scattered long spreading hairs. Beaked fruit 15 mm. October-February |
| General Comments: | Hairy creeping perenial. A bright hardy rockery plant where there is some moisture. |
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