Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Pelargonium pinnatum (L.) L‘Hér. sect. Hoarea |
Bibliography | Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 2: 417 (1789) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 50-900m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, pinnatipartite, segments ovate to suborbiculate, obtuse, thin, both faces sericeous, flowers numerous in umbel, bracts lanate, sepals lanceolate, acute |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white, pinkish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C division of resting tubers |
Synonyms | Dimacria astragalifolia (Cav.) Sweet Dimacria pinnata (L.) Sweet Geraniospermum astragalifolium (Cav.) Kuntze Geraniospermum pinnatum (L.) Kuntze Geranium astragalifolium Cav. Geranium coronillaefolium Andrews Geranium pinnatum L. Hoarea angustifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. Hoarea astragalifolia (Cav.) Eckl. & Zeyh. Hoarea foliolosa Eckl. & Zeyh. Hoarea lessertiifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. Hoarea ornithopifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. Hoarea pinnata (L.) Eckl. & Zeyh. Pelargonium astragalifolium (Cav.) Jacq. Pelargonium coronillaefolium (Andrews) Pers. Pelargonium lessertiifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. Pelargonium ornithopifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. Pelargonium trifoliatum Steud. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |