Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Pelargonium ovale (Burm.f.) L‘Hér. sect. Campylia |
Synonyms | Geranium ovale Burm.f. |
Pelargonium canum Pers. | |
Pelargonium eriostemon Jacq. | |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 50-1800m |
Description | grey lanate, sericeous, leaves long petiolate, elliptic to suborbiculate, crenate, stipules deltate-subulate, peduncles ramose, few flowered, sepals mucronate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white, rose, purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GERANIACEAE
ovale hyalinum Hugo, S. African J. Bot. 54(2): 156 (1988)
ovale veronicifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh,) Hugo, ibid.
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