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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 grossularioides

Close up of flowers
Common names: gooseberry-leaved pelargonium ( Eng. ); rooirabas, rooirabassam, rooistingelhoutbas (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... quick growing plant which usually only lasts about a year. Pelargonium grossularioides has a fairly wide distribution, ... Bees that are looking for nectar probably pollinate it. Pelargonium This would be a useful species where a very ... used at about every third or fourth watering if necessary. Pelargonium grossularioides is one of about 270 species of ...

11 / 04 / 2005 | Jane Forrester | Harold Porter NBG
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Pelargonium crithmifolium

Pelargonium crithmifolium
Common names: samphire-leaved pelargonium (Eng.); jakopregopbossie, dikstam-malva, gnom, kana (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... knobs on them, and greenish yellow with peeling bark.  Pelargonium crithmifolium  is summer deciduous. The plant is ... a height of 1 m. They can live for more than forty years. Pelargonium crithmifolium occurs in southern Namibia, the ... tolerant, being able to survive temperatures of -4 °C. Pelargonium crithmifolium is pollinated by bees and bumble ...

02 / 08 / 2004 | Ian Oliver | Karoo Desert NBG
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Pelargonium echinatum

Pelargonium echinatum
Common names: prickly-stemmed pelargonium
Family: Geraniaceae

... Karoo Desert NBG Ian Oliver Karoo Desert NBG July 2004 Pelargonium echinatum  is summer deciduous. The leafless ... and using its green succulent stem for photosynthesis. Pelargonium Pelargonium echinatum will live for approximately 20 years, ...

26 / 07 / 2004 | Ian Oliver | Karoo Desert 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 graveolens

Pelargonium graveleons
Common names: Rose-scented pelargonium, wildemalva
Family: Geraniaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden November 2002 Pelargonium graveolens  is an erect, much-branched shrub, ... regions, the summer is hot and the winter is mild, and Pelargonium graveolens is found growing on the mountains, in ... such as kloofs, usually in relatively moist habitats. Pelargonium graveolens has also been recorded in Zimbabwe and ...

23 / 12 / 2002 | Ebrahim Lawrence | Kirstenbosch NBG
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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 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 betulinum

Pelargonium betulinum
Common names: camphor-scented pelargonium, birch-leaved pelargonium (Eng.); kanferblaar, maagpynbossie, suurbos (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... on the petals, particularly on the two upper petals. Pelargonium betulinum flowers during spring and summer, with ... and a few flowers appearing all summer until February. Pelargonium betulinum is confined to the coastal areas of the ... flat areas. It is often found growing in association with Pelargonium cucullatum and hybrids of these two species are ...

08 / 10 / 2001 | Ebrahim Lawrence | 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 cucullatum

Pelargoinium cucullatum
Common names: hooded-leaf pelargonium, herba althaea (Eng.); wildemalva (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... National Botanical Garden November 2000   When in flower Pelargonium cucullatum is covered with pinkish, purple flowers and is the most conspicuous pelargonium in the south western Cape, especially when growing in dense masses.  Pelargonium cucullatum  is a fairly tall, sprawling shrub ...

20 / 11 / 2000 | L May | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium cordifolium

Pelargonium cordifolium
Common names: heart-leaved pelargonium
Family: Geraniaceae

... Lawrence Kirstenbosch NBG September 2000 This attractive pelargonium flowers from June to January with a peak in ... The lower petals are lighter in colour. The main stem of  Pelargonium cordifolium  is woody at the base, while the ... foliage with glabrous (smooth and free from hair) leaves. Pelargonium cordifolium  occurs mainly near the coast in the ...

18 / 09 / 2000 | Ebrahim Lawrence | Kirstenbosch NBG
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