PELARGONIUM PULVERULENTUM
Author:
Robert Sweet, 1824
Family:
GERANIACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Colvill ex Sweet. (1821). In: Geraniaceae T. 218.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
3 Centimetres
Height:
15 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Pelargonium hollandii, Leight.
Geraniospermum pulverulentum, Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze, 1891.
Geraniospermum pulverulentum, Kuntze.
Pelargonium hollandii, F.M.Leight.
Pelargonium pedicellatum, Sweet.
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Pelargonium primuliforme, Steud.
Pelargonium testaceum, E.Mey.
Polyactium primuliforme, Eckl. & Zeyh.
This member of the Geraniaceae family was given this name by Robert Sweet in 1824. It is endemic to the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal in eastern South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The long caudex can grow to three centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to fifteen centimetres in height. The flowers are pale yellow and maroon.
The genera name from Greek; pelargos; 'stork' for the ripening fruits, which resembles the bills of storks. The species name means "powdery-white". The leaves can vary from almost round to very serrated. Flowers in the early summer.
Flower
Pale Yellow / Maroon
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
