Soft Crane's-bill at Hall, ACT
Identification history
| Geranium potentilloides | 22 Oct 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Geranium potentilloides | 13 Oct 2019 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Geranium sp. | 8 Oct 2019 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Geranium solanderi var. solanderi | 7 Oct 2019 | AndyRoo |
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Location is approximate - it wasn't GPSed.
4 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
9 Oct 2019
Probably Geranium potentilloides but it could be solanderi. It is difficult to see anything of the sepals or the hairiness of the flower stalks or leaves.
AndyRoo
wrote:
9 Oct 2019
Thanks. If you download the second image showing the leaves and zoom in then as per PlantNET Glossary descriptions and diagrams I interpret leaves as being hirsute and leaf stems as something like pubescent or pilose?
BettyDonWood
wrote:
10 Oct 2019
Unfortunately the older descriptions in Plantnet that were scanned from the Flora of NSW on paper were subject to a very small word count. A lot of the descriptions can only be found by working backwards through the keys, in this case to Geranium. The first couplet is whether the flowers are usually paired or not. These photos suggest the flowers are not paired. So the next couplet of interest to look at is couplet 10 which asks if the tips of the sepals are obtuse to pointed, and the sepals 2-5 mm wide (which eventually leads to Geranium solanderi) or the tips of the sepals with a distinct mucro (a distinct point, usually sharp) and the sepals 1-2.5 mm wide (eventually leading to Geranium potentilloides). The hairiness of the flower stalks comes in later couplets.
AndyRoo
wrote:
14 Oct 2019
Thanks. Sepals definitely have a distinct point. Flowers were solitary. I have another pic that I'll add. I've also checked out the Grasslands: Biodiversity of south-eastern Australia website https://grasslands.ecolinc.vic.edu.au/fieldguide/flora/soft-cranes-bill#details. I now agree with your initial comment that it is most likely G.potentilloides.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.057675-35.172421
- Maps Hall Cemetery
- Places Hall, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 5 Oct 2019 11:27 AM Recorded on
- AndyRoo Recorded by
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Additional information
- True In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Geranium potentilloides Scientific name
- Soft Crane's-bill Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1609.91m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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