Entry for GERANIUM aculeolatum Oliv. [family GERANIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 289, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).(Impatiens, by Dr. J. D. Hooker.)
Names
GERANIUM aculeolatumOliv. [family GERANIACEAE]
Information
Perennial. Branches decumbent and rooting below or ascending, retrorsely aculeolate. Leaves 5-partite; segments deeply incised with acute teeth, sparsely setose-pilose beneath, glabrescent or with scattered pubescence above, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. diam. or probably often larger. Peduncles with scattered recurved setæ, 2-flowered, exceeding the leaves; pedicels and sepals glandular-pilose. Sepals oblong-lanceolate with a rather long apiculus. Petals entire, ciliate at the base, about twice as long as the sepals. Carpels smooth, shortly pilose. Seeds very minutely punctate.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! Roth!
Notes
Roth says the flowers are white. They are probably also purple.
