Pelargonium drummondii

Taxobox
name = "Pelargonium drummondii"


image_caption = "P. drummondii" from "The Botanical Magazine"
image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Geraniales
familia = Geraniaceae
genus = "Pelargonium"
species = "P. drummondii"
binomial = "Pelargonium drummondii"
binomial_authority = Turcz.

"Pelargonium drummondii" is a species of "Pelargonium" found around the southern coasts of Western Australia.

Description

A perennial herb found as an erect or semiprostrate shrub, "Pelargonium drummondii" may be 100 to 400 mm in height. The flowers are light pink, but a darker colour at the center, splotchy and veined in appearance.

The species was first described by Turczaninow in "Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou".It is described as native, not endemic., one of several "Pelargonium" occurring in Western Australia. The similar, but usually scented, South African species are also found throughout many Southwest Australian regions, these were known to have been introduced after the colonisation by europeons.

Distribution

The plant in found along coastal regions in the south of the [Southwest botanical province, east of the Esperance Plains to the western most point at Cape Naturaliste. [ [http://www.cpbr.gov.au/cgi-bin/map/winmap?taxon_id=61165 CANB specimen records, distrib. map] ]

Taxonomy

The species has been placed as "Pelargonium drummondii", but the species has also been described as a subspecies ('nomenclatural synonym' of "P. Drumondii").
*"Pelargonium australe" subsp. "drummondii" (Turcz.) Hellbrugge ms [http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/17148 florabase:"Pelargonium drummondii"] ]

References

*cite web | url = http://www.cpbr.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=61165 | title = Pelargonium drummondii | accessdate = 2007-08-31 | author = | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = | work = Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) | publisher = IBIS | quote =