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Pelargonium zonale

Pelargonium zonale
Common names: horse-shoe pelargonium (Eng.); wildemalva (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden November 2002 Pelargonium zonale is an erect or scrambling shrub. It can ... the year but especially from September to November. Pelargonium zonale is widely distributed in southern Africa, ... forest, and also on rocky outcrops with scrub vegetation. Pelargonium Pelargonium zonale is an easy plant to grow, and ...

09 / 12 / 2002 | Ebrahim Lawrence | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium xerophyton

Pelargonium xerophyton
Common names: xerophyte pelargonium, desert geranium (Eng.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... for providing images for the article via iNaturalist. Pelargonium xerophyton is a small, shrubby, semi-deciduous ... that include quartz, quartzite, granite and sandstone. Pelargonium xerophyton flowers attract a diverse range of ... produced have a good chance of germination in the wild. Pelargonium xerophyton is dormant in summer and survives the ...

17 / 06 / 2024 | Sphephelo Kheswa | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
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Pelargonium vitifolium

Pelargonium vitifolium shrub
Common names: vine-leaved pelargonium, balm-scented pelargonium
Family: Geraniaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden November 2010   Pelargonium vitifolium is an erect strongly scented shrub, ... basal part about 6 mm long and a tail of about 35 mm long. Pelargonium vitifolium flowers generally throughout the year, ... has a peak period during spring from August to October. Pelargonium vitifolium is restricted to the southwestern and ...

01 / 11 / 2010 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium vanderwaltii

Pelargonium vanderwaltii
Common names: Otjihipa pelargonium (Eng.); Otjihipa malva (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... and Conservation, University of the W. Cape. May 2017 Pelargonium vanderwaltii is a perennial, succulent to ... The seed (mericarps) is 5 mm long, the tail 12 mm long. Pelargonium vanderwaltii is known only from Kaokoveld in ... dry, cooler and with occasional fog from the Namib Desert. Pelargonium vanderwaltii is pollinated by insects. Solitary ...

29 / 05 / 2017 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium triste

Pelargonium triste flowers
Common names: night-scented pelargonium ( Eng. ); kaneeltjie, rooiwortel (Afr.); wit n/eitjie (Khoi)
Family: Geraniaceae

... NBG Trevor Adams Kirstenbosch NBG February 2006 Pelargonium triste is a geophytic species that has a large, ... scented at night. Plants flower from August to February. Pelargonium triste occurs from Steinkopf in Northern Cape to ... Fresh leaves emerge from the tubers when it rains again. Pelargonium Pelargonium triste can be grown from cuttings, ...

27 / 02 / 2006 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium trifidum

Flowers
Common names: Brittle-stalked pelargonium (Eng.); maklikbreekmalva (Afr.) )
Family: Geraniaceae

... Adams Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden May 2013   Pelargonium trifidum is an aromatic sprawling shrublet with ... two petals. The shrub flowers from September to January. Pelargonium trifidum occurs both in the Western and Eastern ... clayey soils in Spekboomveld, Gwarrieveld and Apronveld. Pelargonium trifidum is pollinated by long-tongue flies. ...

06 / 05 / 2013 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium tricolor

Pelargonium tricolor
Common names: three-colour storksbill, three-colour pelargonium (Eng.); gesiggiemalva (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... Oliver Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden January 2017 Pelargonium tricolor is a rhizomatous, low-growing shrublet ... the leaf surface lends a grey-green colour to the leaves. Pelargonium tricolor forms part of a group of four species in the section Campylia (Sweet) of the genus Pelargonium which have ‘warty areas’ at the bases of the ...

16 / 01 / 2017 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium transvaalense

Pelargonium transvaalense
Common names: Transvaal perlagonium (Eng)
Family: Geraniaceae

... Mukoma Lowveld National Botanical Garden May 2005 Pelargonium transvaalense is a deciduous, tuberous herbaceous ... of about 800 to 1400 mm throughout the summer season. Pelargonium Plants are very attractive when planted en masse ... sowing fresh seed where 100% germination can be achieved. Pelargonium = Perlagos (Greek): meaning, Stork's Bill which ...

09 / 05 / 2005 | T Mukoma | Lowveld NBG
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Pelargonium tongaense

Pelargonium tongaense
Common names: Tonga pelargonium (Eng.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... lobate palmate leaves which resemble those of the popular Pelargonium peltatum . Pelargonium tongaense flowers freely over an extended period ... on 200mm stalks. The flowers are quite similar to those of Pelargonium inquinans which is often cultivated in gardens. ...

17 / 05 / 2004 | T Mukoma | Lowveld NBG
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Pelargonium tomentosum

Pelargonium tomentosum
Common names: peppermint pelargonium, peppermint-scented pelargonium, pennyroyal pelargonium, piperitum (Eng.); pepermentmalva (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... National Botanical Garden July 2020 Photos by Alice Notten Pelargonium tomentosum is an aromatic, low-growing, sprawling ... flowers, from spring to midsummer (October to January).  Pelargonium tomentosum is confined to mountains where it ... free habitats.  Hybrids between members of the section Pelargonium and the section Eumorpha have been recorded by ...

23 / 09 / 2002 | Ebrahim Lawrence | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium ternatum

Pelargonium ternatum flowers & foliage
Family: Geraniaceae

... NBG Trevor Adams Kirstenbosh Botanical Garden May 2011   Pelargonium ternatum is a well branched evergreen shrublet. ... and March, but has a peak period in September. This pelargonium species has a rather limited distribution in the ... from being blown away, or carried away on moving animals. Pelargonium Pelargonium ternatum can be propagated from both ...

16 / 05 / 2011 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium suburbanum subsp. suburbanum

Pelargonium suburbanum subsp. suburbanum
Common names: dune pelargonium (Eng.) wildemalva
Family: Geraniaceae

... 2001 conservation information updated in August 2016   Pelargonium suburbanum subsp. suburbanum is a sprawling, mat ... from mid-winter to mid summer (June to well into January). Pelargonium suburbanum occurs in the winter rainfall area of ... on sand dunes. This area receives rain in summer too. Pelargonium Pelargonium suburbanum subsp. suburbanum is a ...

17 / 09 / 2001 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium sidoides

Pot of P. sidoides in foreground
Common names: black pelargonium (Eng.) kalwerbossie, rabassam (Afr.), ikubalo, iyeza lesikhali (Xhosa), khoara-e-nyenyane (Southern Sotho), umckaloabo (German remed
Family: Geraniaceae

... Lawrence Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden May 2001 Pelargonium sidoides  forms a rosette-like plant with ... and shoorting again from the roots when the rains come . Pelargonium Pelargonium sidoides  can be planted in rockeries in full ...

28 / 05 / 2001 | Ebrahim Lawrence | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium setulosum

Pelargonium setulosum flower, with peculiar, basal nectar spots on the two upper petals (Jeff Shapiro, iSpot)
Common names: bristle-leaf pelargonium, bristle-leaf stork’s-bill (Eng.); malva (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... between September and January. The distribution range of Pelargonium setulosum is restricted to the Western Cape ... and ensures that seeds are drilled into the soil. Pelargonium This species is best suited for semi-shaded areas ... or shade and maintain moist conditions. The genus name Pelargonium is derived from the Greek word pelargos , meaning ...

07 / 03 / 2016 | Marianne le Roux | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Pelargonium sericifolium

Pelargonium sericifolium
Common names: silky pelargonium (Eng.); naaldekoker (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... frost in winter. The specific pollinator of the flowers of Pelargonium sericifolium is not known.  Bumble bees, ... of the insects that are involved with the pollination of Pelargonium . The light seeds of Pelargonium have a feathered, tail-like structure, which is ...

09 / 10 / 2017 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium scabrum

Pelargonium scabrum
Common names: rough-leaved pelargonium, three-pointed pelargonium (Eng.); hoenderbos (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... Wall Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden March 2009   Pelargonium scabrum is an erect, branched shrub, up to 1.2 m, ... tube is 3-12 mm long. The seed is produced in autumn. Pelargonium scabrum grows on rocky, sandstone slopes, usually ... to Western Cape and to Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape. Pelargonium seed is light in weight and has a feathered tail ...

16 / 03 / 2009 | Karen Wall | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium scabroide

Flowers of P.scabroide
Common names: no names recorded
Family: Geraniaceae

... Trevor Adams Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens March 2013   Pelargonium scabroide is a decumbent to erect branched shrub, ... and has been recorded in flower from November to February. Pelargonium scabroide has a small distribution range on the ... regularly during winter, and summers are very dry and hot. Pelargonium seed is interesting in that, attached to the ...

18 / 03 / 2013 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium salmoneum

Pelargonium salmoneum
Common names: salmon pelargonium
Family: Geraniaceae

... Oliver Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden October 2017 Pelargonium salmoneum is a bushy, evergreen shrublet of ... Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape. The specific pollinator of Pelargonium salmoneum is not known. Butterflies and various ... bees, are some of the insects that can be associated with pelargonium pollination. In this genus, all seeds have a ...

30 / 10 / 2017 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium reniforme

Pelargonium reniforme
Common names: kidney-leaved pelargonium (Eng.); rooirabas (Afr.); iyeza lesikhali, ikubalo, umsongelo (isiXhosa)
Family: Geraniaceae

... Adams Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden July 2011 Pelargonium reniforme is a small, upright perennial shrublet ... venation than the upper surface. Long petioles typify this pelargonium, with awl-shaped stipules found at their bases. ... or seven fertile stamens are present. The kidney-leaved pelargonium is fairly common in the Eastern Cape ranging from ...

04 / 07 / 2011 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium rapaceum

Pelargonium rapaceum, unusual pea-flower-like flowers
Common names: mountain potato (Eng.); bergpatat, bergaartappel, norra, norretjie (Afr.); !norra (Nama)
Family: Geraniaceae

... Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden December 2016 Pelargonium rapaceum is a winter-growing, perennial herb, ... ripen during the driest and hottest months at the Cape.  Pelargonium rapaceum is one of the most common pelargoniums ... whereas the molehills provide beds of soft soil in which Pelargonium rapaceum seeds can germinate and some parts of ...

26 / 12 / 2016 | Shireen Harris | Karoo Desert NBG
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