| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Pelargonium ovale (Burm.f.) L‘Hér. sect. Campylia |
| Bibliography | Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 2: 429 (1789) |
| Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 50-1800m |
| Description | grey lanate, sericeous, leaves long petiolate, elliptic to suborbiculate, crenate, stipules deltate-subulate, peduncles ramose, few flowered, sepals mucronate |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white, rose, purple |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Campylia blattaria (Jacq.) Sweet Campylia cana Colvill ex Sweet Campylia eriostemon (Jacq.) Eckl. & Zeyh. Campylia holosericea Sweet Campylia verbasciflora Sweet Ciconium velutinum Hoffmanns. Geraniospermum ovale (Burm.f.) Kuntze Geranium blattarium (Jacq.) Poir. Geranium eriostemum (Jacq.) Poir. Geranium glaucum Cav. Geranium ovale Burm.f. Geranium ovatum Cav. Geranium tomentosum Andrews Geranium trichostomum (Jacq.) Poir. Geranium verbasciflorum Andrews Geranium villosum Andrews Pelargonium blattarium Jacq. Pelargonium canum Pers. Pelargonium eriostemon Jacq. Pelargonium holosericeum Hoffmanns. Pelargonium ovale var. blattarium (Jacq.) Harv. Pelargonium ovale var. dregei Harv. Pelargonium ovifolium Salisb. Pelargonium scaposum DC. Pelargonium trichophorum Hutch. Pelargonium trichostemum Jacq. Pelargonium velutinum (Hoffmanns.) Hoffmanns. Pelargonium verbasciflorum (Andrews) DC. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |