Geranium family : GERANIACEAE (ROSIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Erodium cicutarium Stork's Bill Wonboyn, NSW Photo: courtesy of Paul Whitington	Erodium cygnorum Blue Stork's Bill Dulkaninna, SA Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Erodium moschatum Musky Heron's Bill Morwell Park, September 1990	Geranium homeanum Australasian Geranium Wonboyn, NSW Photo: courtesy of Paul Whitington
Geranium x 'Johnson's Blue' Johnson's Blue Melbourne, December 2007 Specimen: courtesy of Sara Miranda	Geranium solanderi Austral Cranesbill Wyee, February 2007	Pelargonium crispum Lemon-scented Pelargonium Sydney, October 2006	Pelargonium domesticum Regal Geranium Sydney, October 2006

Pelargonium graveolens Rose Scented Geranium Wyee, October 2007

Pelargonium peltatum Ivy Leaved Geranium Sydney, August 2006

Pelargonium zonale Geranium Sydney, August 2006

Some caterpillars of Australian Moths favour species in GERANIACEAE as their foodplant, including:

Sphenarches anisodactylus

Chrysodeixis eriosoma

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 4 January 2013, 25 October 2017)