| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Pelargonium sidoides DC. sect. Reniformia |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 1: 680 (1824) |
| Native Range | South Africa to Lesotho and Swaziland |
| Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
| Habitat | thickets and steppes |
| Altitude | 300-2700m |
| Description | leaves in rosette, silvery grey-green, densely velutinous-hirsute, cordate, rounded, dentate, petiolate, inflorescence ramose, flowers in 2-4 fascicles of 5-7, petals 5, 12-14mm |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| Color | dark reddish purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Cortusina sidifolia (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh. Geraniospermum sidifolium (Thunb.) Kuntze Geranium sidifolium Thunb. Pelargonium purpurascens Van Eeden ex Hoffmanns. Pelargonium rigidum H.L.Wendl. ex Hoffmanns. Pelargonium sidifolium (Thunb.) Willd. Pelargonium spectabile Sweet |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |