PELARGONIUM FERGUSONIAE

This member of the Geraniaceae family was given this name by Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus in 1934. It is found in southern South Africa, growing in a sandy or other well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to three and a half centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to eighteen centimetres in height. The flowers are light greenish.

The genera name from Greek; pelargos; 'stork' for the ripening fruits, which resembles the bills of storks. The species name after Mrs Emily Ferguson, a plant collector in South Africa. A single leaf by Vered A. Mann.