Austral Stork's-bill

Scientific Name:

Pelagonium australe

Austral Stork's-bill plant
Photo: A J Brown

Other Common Names:

Ivy Geranium

Status:

Native to Australia.

Plant Description:

Perennial herb to 50 cm tall with softly stems and leaves and a fleshy taproot. Leaves on a 13 cm stalk, ovate to almost circular, 2-9 cm long, shallowly 5-7 lobed and the lobes undulating and toothed.

Flower-head umbrella-like with 4-12 flowers on 10-20 mm stalks. Petals 8 mm long and pink. Fruit 8-15 mm long and hairy.

Habitat:

Widespread in a range of habitats from coastal to alpine and semi-arid to wet. Usually indicative of fresh-water environments, although it can be found on the margins of saline swamps and flats.

Region	Salinity Class	Waterlogging Class
Mallee, Loddon Murray, Central and Northern, Wimmera, Western, Gippsland	S0, *S1	W0, W1, W2

*sometimes fringing saline environments

Austral Stork's-bill photos

Leaves and buds of Austral Stork's-bill
Photo: A J Brown

Austral Stork's-bill leaf
Photo: A J Brown

Austral Stork's-bill flower-head
Photo: A J Brown

Austral Stork's-bill plant
Photo: A J Brown

Austral Stork's-bill flower
Photo: A J Brown

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