Pelargonium sp.

Species category

Flower, Weed

Common name

geranium

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

SpikeletSpikelet:
One or more florets that are subtended by a pair of bracts called glumes. Spikelets are pedicellate if located on a pedicle and sessile if attached directly to the rachis. Often spikelets with single florets have remnants of a second floret, usually a lemma.

Shape

Oblanceolate

Size

  • Length 5.5–7 mm
  • Width 2–2.2 mm
  • Thickness 2–2.2 mm

Color

Brown

Texture

Rough with hairs on ridges

Other structures

Distal end of segment has a long coiled awnAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
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Identification notes

PodPod:
A dehiscent fruit produced by leguminous plants (beans, peas). Also known as a legume.
segment splits longitudinally on the ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
side and releases the true seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.
. True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.
is obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
with a large hump over the radicleRadicle:
The rudimentary root of the embryo, developing into the primary root after emergence from the seed coat.
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Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Geraniaceae

Valid name

Pelargonium L'Hér. ex Aiton

 Pelargonium  sp. The distal end of the segment has a long, coiled awn. 
Pelargonium sp. The distal end of the segment has a long, coiled awn.