Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Pelargonium longifolium (Burm.f.) Jacq. sect. Hoarea |
Bibliography | Icon. Pl. Rar. 3: t. 518 (1794) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 60-1200m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves simple, ovate, oblong or lanceolate, acute, glabrescent, softly pubescent, often ciliate, flowers numerous in umbel, calyx glandular pubescent |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C division of resting tubers |
Synonyms | Campylia laciniata Sweet Dimacria andrewsii (G.Don) Sweet Dimacria auriculata (Willd.) Sweet Dimacria longifolia (Burm.f.) Sweet Geraniospermum longifolium (Burm.f.) Kuntze Geranium auriculatum (Willd.) Poir. Geranium heterophyllum Andrews Geranium longiflorum Poir. Geranium longifolium Burm.f. Hoarea auriculata (Willd.) Sweet Horaea barbata Eckl. & Zeyh. Hoarea bipinnatifida Eckl. & Zeyh. Hoarea ciliata Sweet Horaea depressa Sweet Horaea laciniata Sweet Hoarea lancifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. Hoarea longiflora Sweet Hoarea longifolia Sweet Hoarea parnassioides Eckl. & Zeyh. Hoarea prolifera Eckl. & Zeyh. Hoarea purpurascens Sweet Hoarea virginea Eckl. & Zeyh. Pelargonium adulterinum H.L.Wendl. ex Hoffmanns. Pelargonium auriculatum Willd. Pelargonium barbatum Jacq. Pelargonium bipinnatifidum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. Pelargonium ciliatum Jacq. Pelargonium depressum Jacq. Pelargonium heterophyllum Loudon Pelargonium laciniatum (Sweet) Steud. Pelargonium lancifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. Pelargonium lignosum Spreng. Pelargonium limbatum E.Mey. Pelargonium otites E.Mey. Pelargonium purpureum Steud. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |