Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Pelargonium longiflorum Jacq. sect. Hoarea |
Bibliography | Icon. Pl. Rar. 3: t. 521 (1794) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Description | petioles long, hirsute, leaves lanceolate, acute, glabrous, ciliate, stipules membranous, scapes hirsute, umbellate-ramose, many flowered, calyx adpressed hirsute |
Size | 10-30cm |
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 | Dimacria affinis (Poir.) Sweet Dimacria depressa (Jacq.) Sweet Dimacria linearis (Andrews) Sweet Dimacria rumicifolia Sweet Dimacria spathulata (Andrews) Sweet Geraniospermum angustifolium (Thunb.) Kuntze Geraniospermum spathulatum (Andrews) Kuntze Geranium affine Poir. Geranium angustifolium Thunb. Geranium lineare Andrews Geranium spathulatum Andrews Geranium spathulatum var. affine (Pers.) Poir. Hoarea linearis (Andrews) Eckl. & Zeyh, Pelargonium affine (Poir.) Colvill ex Sweet Pelargonium angustifolium (Thunb.) DC. Pelargonium concavifolium var. affine Pers. Pelargonium concavifolium var. spathulatum (Andrews) Pers. Pelargonium depressum Jacq, Pelargonium lineare (Andrews) Pers. Pelargonium rumicifolium (Sweet) Loudon Pelargonium spathulatum (Andrews) Pers. Pelargonium spatulatum G.Don |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |