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Pelargonium elegans

Growing in a pot
Common names: elegant pelargonium, stork's-bill (Eng.); malva (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden February 2007     Pelargonium elegans is a small tufted perennial up to 450 mm ... upper two petals. Flowering is from September to January. Pelargonium elegans is confined to coastal flats and dunes in ... It also occurs at Potberg near Malgas. The seed of Pelargonium is quite interesting: attached to the ...

26 / 02 / 2007 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium exstipulatum

Plant in flower
Common names: sweet-scented pelargonium, soft-leaved trifid pelargonium, scented penny-royal (Eng.); vaalblaarmalva (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... Millenium Seed Bank Partnership, Kirstenbosch June 2012   Pelargonium exstipulatum is a somewhat woody shrublet that ... petioles (leaf stalks) often remain behind on the stems. Pelargonium exstipulatum has a long flowering period starting ... genera and roughly 219 species of the Geraniaceae family. Pelargonium exstipulatum grows in sandy soil in rocky ...

18 / 06 / 2012 | Olivia Tyambetyu | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
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Pelargonium fruticosum

Pelargonium fruticosum flowers and foliage
Common names: None known
Family: Geraniaceae

... NBG Trevor Adams Kirstenbosch NBG September 2010 Pelargonium fruticosum is a small shrublet, 450 mm tall. The ... basal part about 6 mm long and a tail about 35 mm long. Pelargonium fruticosum flowers throughout the year but has a peak period during September and November. Pelargonium fruticosum occurs in the southern Cape from ...

04 / 10 / 2010 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium fulgidum

Pelargonium fulgidum flower
Common names: celandine-leaved pelargonium (Eng.); rooi malva (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... Wall Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden May 2009   Pelargonium fulgidum is a perennial dwarf shrub with a ... occurs from winter to early summer (June to November). Pelargonium fulgidum grows on exposed, windswept granite ... to trap moisture by condensing fog on the leaves at night. Pelargonium Pelargonium fulgidum grows in the winter rainfall ...

25 / 05 / 2009 | Karen Wall | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium gibbosum

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

... Oliver Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden May 2020 Pelargonium gibbosum is a dense, scrambling shrub that can ... throughout the summer, from November to April. The gouty pelargonium is common in sandy and rocky places near the sea, ... at dusk, dawn or at night, such as a moth.  In the genus Pelargonium the seed or mericarp has a feathered, tail-like ...

25 / 05 / 2020 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium glutinosum

Pelargonium glutinosum flowers
Common names: balm-scented pelargonium, sticky-leaf pelargonium
Family: Geraniaceae

... National Botanical Garden September 2008     Pelargonium glutinosum is an erect, well-branched, ... pear-shape. Reinhard Knuth in 1910 described this as Pelargonium erectum. Populations from the Limpopo Province ... considerable differences exist between the extreme forms. Pelargonium glutinosum occurs from Piketberg in the Western ...

22 / 09 / 2008 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium grandiflorum

Pelargonium grandiflorum flowers
Common names: Large flowered pelargonium
Family: Geraniaceae

... Adams Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden March 2011   Pelargonium grandiflorum is an erect straggling herbaceous ... to pink with darker blotches on the upper two petals. Pelargonium grandiflorum flowers from August to January. Pelargonium grandiflorum is restricted to the south western ...

21 / 03 / 2011 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch 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 greytonense

Flowers and leaves
Common names: Greyton pelargonium
Family: Geraniaceae

... NBG Trevor Adams Kirstenbosch Gardens November 2012     Pelargonium greytonense is an erect, much branched 1 m shrub ... with a peak flowering period in October and November. Pelargonium greytonense has a small distribution area in the ... five seeds per flower, have a good chance of germinating. Pelargonium Pelargoniums are found growing in most areas of ...

26 / 11 / 2012 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch 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 hermanniifolium

Common names: none recorded
Family: Geraniaceae

... Adams Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden May 2012   Pelargonium hermanniifolium is an erect, multi-stemmed woody ... from September to April with a marked peak in spring. Pelargonium hermanniifolium occurs in the Western Cape from ... where it grows in sandy soils derived from sandstone Pelargonium crispum which is fairly closely related to P. ...

21 / 05 / 2012 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium heterophyllum

Pelargonium heterophyllum
Common names: because of its rarity there are no recorded common names
Family: Geraniaceae

... by goats, which graze shrubs during dry times. Pelargonium Best cultivated in a mixture comprising of half ... usually flower from the second year onwards. The name Pelargonium is derived from the Greek word pelargos , meaning ... ‘stork’ because the rostrum of the schizocarp in Pelargonium is thought to resemble the bill of a stork. The ...

18 / 03 / 2019 | Joti Daya | CREW
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Pelargonium hirtum

Pelargonium hirtum
Common names: hairy pelargonium, fine-leaved pelargonium
Family: Geraniaceae

... is fairly common on the Cape Peninsula. The light seed of Pelargonium is a feathered, tail-like structure, which is ... chance of germination The specific pollinator of the hairy pelargonium is not known. Several other insects, including ... bees and butterflies, are involved with the pollination of Pelargonium grossularoides , P. peltatum , P. dolomiticum and ...

04 / 09 / 2017 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium hispidum

Pelargonium hispidum
Common names: hispid pelargonium (Eng); grofharig (Afri.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... Adams Kirstenbosh National Botanical Garden April 2009   Pelargonium hispidum is an erect, branched, evergreen shrub, ... peak flowering period in October and November. The hispid pelargonium occurs in the mountains of the Western Cape, the ... from being blown away, or carried away on moving animals. Pelargonium Pelargonium hispidum can be propagated from both ...

27 / 04 / 2009 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium incarnatum

Pelargonium incarnatum
Common names: ring stork’s-bill (Eng.); horlosie, vrouebossie (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... corolla to attract a variety of pollinators. In the genus Pelargonium the seed or mericarp has a feathered, tail-like ... a better chance of germination and ultimately of survival. Pelargonium Sow seed in late summer or early autumn in a ... water during the summer months. Companion plants for Pelargonium incarnatum can include: Lampranthus bicolor , ...

19 / 11 / 2018 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium inquinans

Flower head
Common names: scarlet pelargonium ( Eng. ); wildemalva (Afr.), ibhosisi (Xho.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... NBG Trevor Adams Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden August 2007 Pelargonium inquinans is a soft, woody shrub with a height of ... flower head. This species flowers through out the year.   Pelargonium inquinans has a distribution range from the ... on the leaves, and both species occur in similar habitats. Pelargonium is quite interesting in that attached to the ...

20 / 08 / 2007 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium ionidiflorum

Image of flowers
Common names: violet-flower pelargonium
Family: Geraniaceae

... Trevor Adams Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens June 2008   Pelargonium ionidiflorum is a small, woody shrublet, up to ... round and have wine-red markings on the posterior petals. Pelargonium ionidiflorum has a restricted distribution range. ... twisted around by the wind or by the movement of animals. Pelargonium This plant species is easy to grow from cuttings. ...

16 / 06 / 2008 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium laevigatum

Pelargonium laevigatum leaves and flowers
Common names: none
Family: Geraniaceae

... dry seeds with a feathered tail coiled into a spiral. Pelargonium laevigatum occurs in the southern Cape from the ... wind blows, so the corkscrew turns, much like a drill bit. Pelargonium Pelargoniums are one of the easiest plants to grow. Pelargonium laevigatum does best in full sun, in well-drained ...

22 / 06 / 2009 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium lanceolatum

Pelargonium lanceolatum
Common names: spear-leaved pelargonium
Family: Geraniaceae

... Adams Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden June 2010 Pelargonium lanceolatum is an upright branching plant, 300 mm ... seed, and a spirally twisting tail (awn) about 35 mm long. Pelargonium lanceolatum has a limited distribution, ranging ... being blown away, or carried away on moving animals. Pelargonium Pelargonium lanceolatum can be propagated from ...

21 / 06 / 2010 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Pelargonium lobatum

Pelargonium lobatum
Common names: vine-leaved pelargonium (Eng.); aandblom, aandkaneelbol, kaneelbol, nachtbloem (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden September 2016 Pelargonium lobatum is a geophyte with large, hard and ... sheds all its leaves during the warm, dry summer months. Pelargonium Grow Pelargonium lobatum in well-drained soil, in rockeries or as ...

26 / 09 / 2016 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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