Flowers and Fruit
The flowers are borne in unbranched, or more commonly branched, clusters at the tips of the branches (i.e. in terminal racemes or panicles). These flower clusters (4-20 cm long) have hairy stalks (i.e. puberulent to pilose peduncles) and the flowers are arranged into small groups along the branches (with 1 to 4 flowers in each group). The tips of the flower clusters usually end in a short tendril. Individual flowers are borne on smaller stalks (i.e. pedicels) 3-10 mm long and each flower has five 'petals' (i.e. tepals or perianth segments) that are usually bright pink in colour, but may occasionally be white or reddish. These 'petals' (4-10 mm long and 2-6 mm wide) have entire margins and pointed tips (i.e. acute apices). They also have eight stamens and an ovary topped with three styles and stigmas. Flowering may occur throughout the year, but is most prominent during autumn (i.e. from April to May).
The small brown fruit (i.e. achenes) are cone -shaped or three-angled (8-12 mm long and 4-7 mm wide) and shiny in appearance. These fruit usually remain hidden within the enlarged and persistent remains of the 'petals' (8-20 long and 4-15 mm wide), which turn dull pink and then eventually brown as they age.