AusTraits

Pelargonium littorale

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Family Geraniaceae

Taxonomy: Pelargonium littorale Hügel ex Endl.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Pelargonium crinitum Nees (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pelargonium crinitum Nees var. crinitum (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pelargonium crinitum var. congestum Nees (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pelargonium litorale F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
  • Pelargonium renifolium Swinb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pelargonium stenanthum Turcz. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Pelargonium inodorum Willd. (misapplied)
  • Pelargonium rodneyanum Lindl. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Vic, Tas

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (5), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Draper_2023 (3), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (2), TMAG_2009 (11), Tsakalos_2020 (19), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (8), WAH_2023_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (57). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 158 records in 18 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 18 mm (14-22 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 77.75 mm (7-350 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 95 mm (10-350 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009; Wheeler_2002]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 8.5 cm (7-10 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (2); orbicular (1); ovate (4) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (3); unlobed (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: TMAG_2009; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (1); leaf (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (10) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (9) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5); woody_base (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (5); prostrate (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (4) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (4); ballistic (1); barochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): passive (1); wind (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnyyyyy (1); ynnnyyyyyyyy (1); yynnnnnnnnny (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1); yyynnnnnnyyy (1); yyyyyyynnyyy (1) [sources: TMAG_2009; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.38 mg (3.38-3.38 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.96 mm (2.96-2.96 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.31 mm (1.31-1.31 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201957M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Tsakalos_20201819J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
RBGV_20231112VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
TMAG_2009911Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
SAH_202388S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_248Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ANBG_201955Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Burrows_2008_244N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202044N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_214Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Draper_202333J. 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.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200622A. 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_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.