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Pelargonium ovale (Burm.f.) L‘Hér. sect. Campylia 
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FamilyGERANIACEAE
Genus speciesPelargonium ovale (Burm.f.) L‘Hér. sect. Campylia
SynonymsGeranium ovale Burm.f.
 Pelargonium canum Pers.
 Pelargonium eriostemon Jacq.
Habitatdry, stony grassland
Altitude50-1800m
Descriptiongrey lanate, sericeous, leaves long petiolate, elliptic to suborbiculate, crenate, stipules deltate-subulate, peduncles ramose, few flowered, sepals mucronate
Size10-30cm
Colorwhite, rose, purple
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca
Typeshrub
Cultivationsunny site with a deep, drained soil
alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C
cuttings in late summer
Territory Africa
     Southern Africa (Cape Provinces)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

GERANIACEAE

Pelargonium ovale (Burm.f.) L‘Hér., Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 2: 429 (1789)

Basionym:
Geranium ovale Burm.f., Fl. Ind. [N.L. Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 19 (1768)

Synonyms:
Geraniospermum ovale (Burm.f.) Kuntze
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ovale typicum ined.

Synonyms:
Pelargonium blattarium Jacq.
Pelargonium canum Pers.
Pelargonium eriostemon Jacq.
Pelargonium holosericeum (Sweet) Hoffmanns.
Pelargonium ovifolium Salisb.
Pelargonium scaposum DC.
Pelargonium trichostomum Jacq.
Pelargonium velutinum (Hoffmanns.) Hoffmanns.
Pelargonium verbasciflorum (Andrews) DC.

w. Cape Prov.
27 CPP

50-1800m

ovale hyalinum Hugo, S. African J. Bot. 54(2): 156 (1988)

w. Cape Prov.
27 CPP

600-1500m

ovale veronicifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh,) Hugo, ibid.

Basionym:
Campylia veronicifolia Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 1: 73 (1835)

Synonyms:
Pelargonium veronicifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud.

w. Cape Prov.
27 CPP

50-450m

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