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Geranium sericeum

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Name

Identification
Geranium harveyi Briq. [family GERANIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Geranium sericeum Harv. [family GERANIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Geranium sericeum
  • Geranium lechleri
  • Geranium harveyi
  • Geranium crassipes
  • Geranium incanum

Flora

Entry for GERANIUM sericeum Harv. [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
GERANIUM sericeum Harv. [family GERANIACEAE]
GERANIUM incanum E. Mey. [family GERANIACEAE], ! non L.
Information
suffruticose, slender, decumbent; leaves digitately 5- parted or very deeply divided, the segments cuneate, incised, both surfaces white, with appressed silky hairs; the long, 2-flowered peduncle tomentose and canescent; petals emarginate. This resembles G. canescens in the shape of its leaves, but is not glandular, and every part of the plant is silvery-white, with copious, appressed silky hairs. Flowers red.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Wildschutsberg and Compasberg, 5–6000 f., Drege! Zeyher! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.).

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