Pelargonium betulinum buds and flower

The buds of Pelargonium betulinum, also commonly called the camphor storksbill, are small, ovoid and whitish with soft woolly hairs, overshadowed by the open flower. The flowers grow in umbel-shaped clusters of up to 5 cm in diameter, up to six flowers in an umbel. 

Flower colour varies among pink, mauve and white. Dark red purple markings occur on the upper two petals only. Faint longitudinal veins can be discerned on the pale pink petal surfaces here. There are up to seven stamens in a Pelargonium flower. The fertile ones end in orange anthers, the others bare filaments known as staminodes. Only two of the stamens in the open flower in picture are fertile. The white filaments of a few more can be seen near the base of the darker coloured style. The blooming occurs chiefly in late winter and spring.

Red serrated leaf margins are visible (Privett, 2022; Privett and Lutzeyer, 2010; Manning, 2009; Mustart, et al, 1997; iNaturalist).