Description

A perennial herb found as an erect or semiprostrate shrub, Pelargonium drummondii may be 3-16" in height. The flowers are light pink, but a darker colour at the center, splotchy and veined in appearance. The oblate cordate leaves are generally large and succulent. P. drummondii is distinguished from a similar widespread Australian species P. australe by the presence of a prominent branching perennial stem, which is generally absent in P. australe. However, young plants are likely to be indistinguishable by morphology alone. It does best in full sun with well draining soil. They need regular water during hot spells. Pelargoniums usually bloom during the summer, tolerating heat but not frost. The species was first described by Turczaninow in Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.[1] The type specimen was collected by James Drummond, whose name is given in the specific epithet. It is described as native, not endemic., one of several Pelargonium occurring in Western Australia. The similar, but usually scented, South African species P. capitatum is also found throughout many Southwest Australian regions, although these were known to have been introduced after colonization by Britain.