Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.51677 172.645022
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, 115 Packe Street
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 356/97
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
27-OCT-1997
Start date:
1997-10-27
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Sprawling herb with decumbent stems; hairs simple, dense and retrorse on stems, petiole and peduncles, antrorse on hyaline - margined calyx. Flowers in pairs. Corolla about 2cm across, pink, more or less saucer-shaped at full anthesis; petals 10-11 x 8-9mm, suborbicular, rounded distal margin. Anthers and stigmas pale pink. Source of the single plant unknown. Flowers much larger than typical Geranium homeanum. Cultivated in semi-shade.