Magenta Stork’s-bill

Magenta Stork’s-bill
Magenta Stork’s-bill
Magenta Stork’s-bill
Magenta Stork’s-bill
Magenta Stork’s-bill

Magenta Stork’s-bill

Pelargonium rodneyanum

Perennial. Forms vertical tubers as part of its root system. Kangaroos and wombats eat the tubers during times of drought. Widespread on the Western Basalt Plains especially on stony rises and rocky stream banks.

Details Description
Type
Herb
Group
Geranium
Identifying Characteristics

Small herb to 30 cm tall. Leaves dark green, oval shaped, 40 mm long, held on long stalks and arranged in a rosette. Flowers reddish-purple, relatively large, up to 3 cm wide, held in small clusters on tall stems. Flowers October-February.
Distinctive Features

Five petalled magenta coloured flowers with darker veins. Wrinkly looking, geranium-like leaves.
Life Form Group
Herb
Life Form Codes
Medium Herb (MH)
EVC types
EVC 132_63: Low-rainfall Plains Grassland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Geraniales
Family
Geraniaceae
Genus
Pelargonium
Species
rodneyanum
Magenta Stork’s-bill
Occurs in Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.