Pelargonium multicauleNot on sheet. [family GERANIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Myrrhidium multicaule
Myrrhidium triangulare
Pelargonium subherbaceum
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Pelargonium multicaule
Flora
Entry for PELARGONIUM multicaule Jacq. [family GERANIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 254, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
PELARGONIUM multicauleJacq. [family GERANIACEAE], Ic. Rar. t. 534;—DC. l. c. 658. E. & Z.! 552–553. Drege, 7486, α, 7487. Zey. 2056.
Information
stem herbaceous, weak and straggling, angular, minutely scaberulous; leaves ovate-oblong, pinnatifid or pinnati-partite, glabrous or nearly so, with remote, narrow-cureate, incised or sub-pinnatifid segments; stipules broadly ovate, acuminate; peduncles 5–10-flowered; calyx-tube setulose, equalling or exceeding the lanceolate, acuminate, ribbed and setulous segments; upper petals scarcely longer than the sepals. Chiefly known from P. Myrrhifolium by its more angular and glabrous stems, and the more distant and narrow, nearly glabrous leaf-segments. The calyx-tube rarely equals the sepals in length; the petals are rosy purple, with dark streaks. The flowers are sometimes very numerous.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Fields near the Zwartkop's River, Uit., and the Fish River, E. & Z.! &c. (Herb. Jacq., T.C.D., Benth., Sond.).
Notes
I retain this species, chiefly because it seems to be confined to the eastern districts, while P. myrrhifolium is quite a western plant. Drege's 7486, α. (Herb. Sond.) quite agrees with the ordinary plant; his 7486, b, (Herb. Hook.) has a calyx-tube thrice as long as the sepals.
