Pelargonium inodorum Willd. APNI* 
Description: Annual or short-lived perennial herb to 35 cm high, ± odoriferous, softly hairy; stems with mostly short non-glandular and shorter glandular hairs; taproots fleshy.
Leaves opposite with lamina ovate to cordate, 1–4 cm long, 1–5 cm wide, often 5–7-lobed, lobes crenate, both surfaces with scattered hairs or upper surface glabrous; petiole 1–5 cm long.
Umbels 3–14-flowered; peduncle 3–8 cm long; pedicels 1–3 mm long, lengthening up to 10 mm in fruiting stage. Calyx lobes 2–4 mm long, sepal spur 0.5–1 mm long. Petals 2–4 mm long, deep pink, sometimes with darker veins. Fertile stamens 3–5.
Fruit 10–14 mm long; mericarps pilose.
Flowering: mainly summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in woodland and forest.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas.
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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