Pelargonium peltatum
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Family Geraniaceae
Taxonomy: Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Geranium peltatum L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Vic (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 24 records in 5 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 37 mm (37-37 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 40 mm (10-70 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 54 mm (18-90 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 3 cm (0.5-5.5 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1); peltate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); prostrate (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 12 | 15 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| 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/. |
| 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |