Pelargonium aristatum G.Don

A geophyte 90-300 mm tall when in flower. Tuber: a turnip-shaped, sometimes moniliform root 20-40 mm long and 15-30 mm in diameter. Leaves: lamina elliptic in outline, 30-80 mm long, pinnately compound, irregularly bipinnatifid, pinnae 20-30 mm long, deeply incised, segments laciniate, 2-3 mm wide, apices obtuse, with a single hair or a tuft of hairs at the apices, sparsely hirsute with long appressed hairs; petiole 30-120 mm long and 1.5-2.5 mm in diameter, rigid, erecto-patent, hirsute with short appressed hairs interspersed with short glandular hairs; stipules subulate, adnate to petioles with apices free, 7-8 mm long and 1-2 mm wide, ciliate. Inflorescence: scape 5-120 mm long, 1.5-3 mm in diameter, branched, bearing 2-5(-8) pseudo-umbellets with 4-11 flowers each; peduncles 40-160 mm long, 1-2 mm in diameter, hirsute with appressed curly hairs interspersed with long glandular hairs with large heads; bracts lanceolate, 3-4 mm long, 1 mm wide, abaxially hirsute, interspersed with glandular hairs. Pedicel ±0.5 mm long. Hypanthium 19-35 mm long, indumentum as on peduncle, hypanthium/ sepal ratio 3-6. Sepals 5, lanceolate, apices acute, 5-10 mm long, 1-3 mm wide, posterior one erect, others reflexed, green or pale reddish brown with margins white, indumentum abaxially as on peduncle. Petals 5, cream-coloured or pale yellow; posterior two with wine-red feather-like markings, ligulate, bases cuneate, apices rounded or emarginate, 14-26 x 2-4 mm, length/width ratio greater than 5; anterior three narrowly spathulate, bases attenuate, apices rounded, 11.5-24 x 1.5-3 mm. Stamens: staminal column 1-1.5 mm long, white; perfect stamens 5, concealed in the floral sheath, posterior one 1.5-3 mm long, lateral two 3-4 mm long, anterior two 4.5-6 mm long, white; staminodes 1.5-2 mm long; anthers pale pink, 1.5-2 mm long, pollen orange. Gynoecium: ovary 2-4 mm long; style 0.5-1.5 mm long, pale pink; stigma branches 1-2.5 mm long, pale pink. Fruit: bases of mericarps 4 mm long, with glandular hairs, tails 20-24 mm long. Flowering time is from October-November when leaves are fading or after they have dried.