Pelargonium L’Hér. ex Aiton

Fertile stamens usually more than 5. Calyx with a spur adnate to the pedicel (almost obsolete in P. inodorum) Pelargonium
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Leaves lobed or almost entire, covered with softly villous hairs or pubescent
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Leaf lobes obtuse. Petals at least one and a half times as long again as the sepals
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Fertile stamens 6–8. Hairs on the calyx softly villous. Nectary spur 2–8 mm long
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Bracts narrow-ovate to narrow-triangular. Flowers pedicellate, in umbels of 4–12. Leaves almost flat. Perennial herb with basal stock and some ascending basal leaves. Widespread. Sand dunes on coast and granite outcrops on Blue Mts Fl. summer Pelargonium australe
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Bracts ovate. Leaves distinctly undulate. Flowers sessile below the nectary spur. Shrubby perennial without basal stock and with cauline leaves. Sand dunes near the coast. Introd. from S. Africa. Fl. spring–summer Pelargonium capitatum