Pelargonium inodorum

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Family Geraniaceae

Taxonomy: Pelargonium inodorum Willd.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Geranium inodorum (Willd.) Poir. (nomenclatural synonym)
Pelargonium australe var. clandestinum (L'Hér. ex Hook.f.) Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Pelargonium clandestinum DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Pelargonium clandestinum L'Hér. ex Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Hughes_1992 (4), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kubiak_2009 (4), Mesaglio_2022 (2), Mokany_2015 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (3), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (2), TMAG_2009 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Williams_2011 (9), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 58 traits from 107 records in 21 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 12 mm (10-14 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Jordan_2001]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1570.8 mm2 (1570.8-1570.8 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 25 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 30 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 3 cm (1-5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (2); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1); cam (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (8) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): annual (5); perennial (1); short_lived_perennial (3) [sources: Hughes_1992; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); ballistic (1); barochory (1); epizoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): passive (1); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnynn (1); nnnnnnnnyynn (1); yynnnnnnnnny (2); yyynnnnnnyyy (1); yyynnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; TMAG_2009; White_2020]
serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.49 mg (0.45-0.53 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
seed_width (numerical): 0.12 mm (0.12-0.12 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.37 m (0.35-0.4 m) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	11	15	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2023	11	15	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Williams_2011	9	9	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
Jordan_2001	7	7	G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
TMAG_2009	6	6	Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
Hughes_1992	4	4	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Kubiak_2009	4	4	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	3	3	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Cheal_2017	2	2	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Mesaglio_2022	1	2	T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	2	2	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Mokany_2015	1	1	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.