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Pelargonium fruticosum

Plant
Common names: None known
Family: Geraniaceae

... are Monsonia , Sarcocaulon , Pelargonium , Erodium and Geranium . There are approximately 270 species of Pelargonium ... Spanish botanist, Cavanilles, described it under the name Geranium fruticosum. This description was based on a dry ... of the plant. Botanists however did not recognize it as Geranium fruticosum. In 1835 Ecklon and Zeyher, botanical ...

04/10/2010 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG

Pelargonium gibbosum

Plant
Common names: gouty pelargonium, knotted pelargonium (Eng.); dikbeenmalva, knopmalva (Afr.),
Family: Geraniaceae

... twenty species of Pelargonium , but all under the genus Geranium .  In August of 1759, Burman published ‘Specimen ... several new Pelargonium species, but again under the name Geranium .  The Spanish botanist, Cavanilles (1745–1804) ... and illustrated. Cavanilles divided the then genus Geranium in 2 separate groups consisting of zygomorphic ...

25/05/2020 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG

Lasiospermum bipinnatum

Plant
Common names: ganskweek, gansbossie (Afr.); cocoonhead (Eng.)
Family: Asteraceae

... performs well with: Felicia echinata , F. dregei , Geranium incanum , G. multisectum , Lobelia valida , ...

18/06/2012 | B Busch | Compton Herbarium

Pelargonium panduriforme

Plant
Common names: balsam-scented geranium, fiddle leaf geranium
Family: Geraniaceae

Trevor Adams balsam-scented geranium, fiddle leaf geranium Kirstenbosch NBG Pelargonium panduriforme is an ...

23/02/2009 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG

Lobelia valida

Plant
Common names: limestone lobelia, galjoen flower (Eng.); galjoenblom (Afr.)
Family: Lobeliaceae

... such as Pelargonium peltatum ( Ivy leaf pelargonium), Geranium incanum (carpet geranium) and Diascia integerrima . Lobelia valida can be ...

06/11/2000 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Begonia geranioides

Plant
Common names: geranium-leaved wild begonia (Eng.); wildebegonia (Afr.); iDlula ilimhlophe (IsiZulu)
Family: Begoniaceae

Phakamani Xaba geranium-leaved wild begonia (Eng.); wildebegonia (Afr.); ... a patron of botany. The specific name geranioides means geranium -like, referring especially to the leaves. Begonia ...

06/09/2010 | Phakamani Xaba | Kirstenbosch NBG

Pelargonium peltatum

Plant
Common names: ivy-leaved pelargonium, ivy pelargonium, wild sorrel, cascading pelargonium (Eng.); kolsuring, wildemalva (Afr.); umnewana, ityholo (isiXhosa)
Family: Geraniaceae

... to Pitte Joffe (2001), larvae of the Water Bronze, Common Geranium Bronze and Dickson's Geranium Bronze butterflies feed on geraniums and ...

17/10/2005 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG

Pelargonium graveolens

Plant
Common names: Rose-scented pelargonium, wildemalva
Family: Geraniaceae

... Geraniaceae, which also comprises four other genera, Geranium, Erodium, Monsonia and Sarcocaulon . There are ± ... Pelargonium graveolens is used in the production of geranium oil, which is used as a substitute for the expensive ...

23/12/2002 | Ebrahim Lawrence | Kirstenbosch NBG

Selago canescens

Plant
Common names: canescent selago, bitter bush ( Eng. ); blouaarbossie (Afr.)
Family: Scrophulariaceae

... Buddleja salviifolia , Pelargonium cucullatum and Geranium multisectum . Selago canescens ...

13/08/2007 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Acmadenia obtusata

Plant
Common names: dune porcelain flower ( Eng. ); duineboegoe, steekboegoe (Afr.)
Family: Rutaceae

... betulinum , herbaceous perennials such as Lobelia valida , Geranium inacanum , as well as other buchu species e.g. ...

06/06/2005 | Norma Jodamus | Kirstenbosch NBG

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