PELARGONIUM LADYSMITHIANUM

This member of the Geraniaceae family was given this name by Reinhard Gustav Paul Knuth in 1930. It is found in Western Cape, the most southern South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The leaves will reach five centimetres while the inflorescence are 20 to 25 centimetres high, with white flowers. The caudex - or rather tuber is thought to reach four centimetres in diameter.

The genera name from Greek; pelargos; 'stork' for the ripening fruits, which resembles the bills of storks. The species name is name after the area it is found in: Ladysmith. An old, flowering plant by David Victor.