Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Pelargonium coronopifolium Jacq. sect. Campylia |
Bibliography | Icon. Pl. Rar. 3: t. 526 (1794) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 400-1300m |
Description | leaves narrowly lanceolate or linear, at base very tapered, entire, thinly grey hirsute, stipules subulate, scapes ramose, 3-flowered, flowers pedicellate, upper petals ovate |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | pink-purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Campylia coronopifolia (Jacq.) Sweet Campylia staticephylla Eckl. & Zeyh. Geraniospermum coronopifolium (Jacq.) Kuntze Geranium coronopifolium (Jacq.) Andrews Geranium ellipticum Thunb. Pelargonium angustifolium L'Hér. ex Harv. Pelargonium angustissimum E.Mey. Pelargonium ellipticum (Thunb.) DC. Pelargonium gramineum Bolus Pelargonium staticifolium Steud. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |