| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Pelargonium alchemilloides (L.) L‘Hér. sect. Ciconium |
| Bibliography | Hort. Kew. [W.Aiton] 2: 419 (1789) |
| Native Range | e. Zimbabwe to Southern Africa |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 600-2250m |
| Description | pubescent, leaves long petiolate, 5-7-nerved, reniform, 5-7-lobate, lobes orbiculate or cuneate, crenate, stipules cordate-ovate, scapes 4-6-flowered, flowers sessile |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | whitish |
| Bloom | 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 | Ciconium heterogamum (L'Hér. ex Aiton) Sweet Ciconium homogamum Hoffmanns. Ciconium lateritium Hoffmanns. Ciconium malvifolium (J.Jacq.) Sweet Geraniospermum alchemilloides (L.) Kuntze Geraniospermum malvifolium (J.Jacq.) Kuntze Geranium alchemilloides L. Geranium aphnanoides Thunb. Geranium cynobatifolium Poir. Geranium heterogamum (L'Hér. ex Aiton) Poir. Geranium quinquelobum Lam. Isopetalum alchemilloides (L.) Eckl. & Zeyh. Isopetalum aphanoides (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh. Isopetalum dentatum Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Szyszyl. Isopetalum dimidiatum Eckl. & Zeyh. Isopetalum geranioides Eckl. & Zeyh. Pelargonium alchemillifolium Salisb. Pelargonium alchemilloides var. dentatum Harv. Pelargonium aphanoides (Thunb.) DC. Pelargonium articulatum Harv. Pelargonium cynosbatifolium Willd. Pelargonium dimidiatum Steud. Pelargonium fissum Baker Pelargonium geranioides Steud. Pelargonium heritieri J.Jacq. ex Spreng. Pelargonium heterogamum L´Hér. ex Aiton Pelargonium lateritium Willd. Pelargonium leve F.Dietr,. Pelargonium malvifolium Jacq. Pelargonium oxoniense Eeden ex Hoffmanns. Pelargonium oxyaloides Aiton ex Steud. Pelargonium ranunculifolium F.Dietr. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (MOZ Mozambique, ZIM Zimbabwe) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |