Entry for MONSONIA speciosa Linn. f. [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
MONSONIA speciosaLinn. f. [family GERANIACEAE], Suppl. p. 342;—DC. Prod. 1. p. 638. Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 73. Cav. Dis. t. 74. f. 1. Sw. Ger. t. 77. E. & Z.! 444.
suffruticose, sub-simple, glabrescent or villous; leaves on very long petioles, 5- parted, the segments bi-pinnatifid and cut into many linear lobes; peduncles elongate, bracteate in the middle, one-flowered; petals coarsely toothed. Stems tufted, slender. Leaves crowded, the petiole 2–3 times as long as the lamina. Fl. 2 inches broad, greenish and striped on the outside, white, with a red basal spot within. The pubescence is either scanty or copious, varying extremely in different specimens.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In fields. Hott. Holland, the Paarl, Groenekloof, &c. E. & Z., and others. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.).
