Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Pelargonium ternatum (L.f.) Jacq. |
Bibliography | Icon. Pl. Rar. 3: t. 544 (1794) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 60-1100m |
Description | leaves ternate, leaflets slightly carnose and coriaceous, long or shortly petiolate, flowers mostly solitary, axillary petals narrowly obovate, the upper larger |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | pale rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Geraniospermum ternatum (L.f.) Kuntze Geranium ternatum L.f. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |