[2][8][9] However, the name was illegal (having already been used in 1787 by Antonio José Cavanilles)[10] and it was renamed in 1965 by Roger Charles Carolin, with the species epithet, solanderi, honouring Solander.

[2][3] Geranium solanderi is a perennial, spreading herb with the ends growing upward.

[5] The leaves on the flowering stems are opposite and palmatisect ( leaf cut into lobes to up to more than halfway in a palmate form).

[5] In New Zealand, in both 2004 and 2009 it was declared "Not threatened", but in 2012, under the New Zealand Threat Classification System it was declared "At Risk - Declining", with the qualifiers SO (safe overseas) and DP (data poor),[7] and this status was reaffirmed in 2017.

[1] The Noongar people of south west Western Australia used the older red tuberous roots (after cooking) to treat diarrhoea.