PELARGONIUM KLINGHARDTENSE

This member of the Geraniaceae family was described by Reinhard Gustav Paul Knuth in 1922.

It is found in south-western Namibia down to north-westrn South Africa, growing in grit or other well drained soil with little water and lots of sun. The stem can grow to three and a half centimetre in diameter, the whole plant up to 40 centimetres. The flowers are white.

The genera name from Greek; pelargos; 'stork' for the ripening fruits, which resembles the bills of storks. The species name after the Klinghardt Mountains in southern South West Africa/Namibia, where the species was first discovered. This is a winter-grower. Another wild and dormant plant from South Africa.