Geranium drakensbergensis conspicuous anthers

The mauve to lilac corolla of a Geranium drakensbergensis flower consists of five obovate and white-clawed petals, in picture ending in unevenly shaped to ragged tips. About five arching and sparsely branched veins from the base of each petal nearly reach the upper margin. The veins are red-purple, dark or translucent, depending on the light.

There are ten fertile anthers in a young G. drakensbergensis flower. The two-lobed anthers in picture are blue-grey on top and pale below. They grow on light pink filaments that angle out near their tips where the anthers are attached. The style branches are in picture still cohering in a dark, red-purple cylinder.

The Drakensberg cranesbill flowers all year round (iNaturalist; http://pza.sanbi.org).