Pelargonium drummondii

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Pelargonium drummondii
P. drummondii from The Botanical Magazine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Geraniales Family: Geraniaceae Genus: Pelargonium Species: P. drummondii
Binomial name
Pelargonium drummondii Turcz.

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

Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Taxonomy 4 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.^[1][2]

[edit] 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 ^[1]

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