Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Monsonia emarginata (L.f.) L‘Hér. |
Bibliography | Geraniologia: t. 41 (1792) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 5-2100m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, ovate or cordate, obtuse or acute, crenate, stipules acerose, peduncles filiform, in the middle with 2 bracts, 1-flowered, petals entire |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | 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 in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Erodium undulatum Salisb. Geranium emarginatum L.f. Monsonia ovata Cav. Olopetalum ovatum (Cav.) Klotzsch |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |