Geranium vagans Baker

Perennial semi-procumbent, creeping and climbing herb 3–10 dm. long; stems herbaceous, longitudinally grooved, pilose on the older parts but usually densely glandular on the younger parts; internodes 1–14 cm. long, 1.5–3 mm. thick, frequently pinkish-red or dull purple.. Leaves alternate on the lower portion of the stem, opposite towards the apex, sometimes only in basal rosettes, star-like in outline; lamina 5-lobed, divided up to about nine-tenths of the radius; lobes 1–2 mm. wide at the base, ovate in outline, deeply divided into linear or oblong-lanceolate segments, stiffly pilose above as well as on the veins beneath and along the margins, otherwise glabrous on the undersurface; petiole 0.5–21 cm. long, terete or longitudinally grooved, pilose or glandular; stipules divided nearly to the base into lanceolate segments, 3–15 mm. long, pilose or glandular, usually pilose and reddish on the abaxial surface.. Inflorescence 2-flowered; peduncle (l–)3–25 cm. long, pilose or glandular, rarely glabrous; pedicels 1–8 cm. long; bracts narrowly lanceolate, 3–15 mm. long, pubescent.. Sepals elliptic-lanceolate, 6–8 mm. long, 2–3 mm. wide, cuspidate, 3-nerved, pubescent, pilose or glandular on the outer surface, glabrous on the inner surface, red and greenish in colour.. Petals broadly spathulate, 10–12 mm. long, 5–7 mm. wide, obtuse, pink or mauve, rarely white, clearly nerved.. Stamens: filaments narrowly lanceolate, 4.5–6 mm. long, cream, hispid along the edges towards the base; anthers 1.1–1.7 mm. long, 0.6–0.8 mm. wide, brown.. Ovary glandular or pilose; stigmas 2–4 mm. long, purple or red.. Mericarps smooth, pilose; mature rostrum 15–20 mm. long, 1.0–1.5 mm. wide, glandular or pubescent.. Seeds2.3–2.7 mm. long, 1.7–2 mm. wide, glabrous; testa covered with a shallowly reticulate pattern, dark brown.