Entry for PELARGONIUM acetosum Ait. [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 acetosumAit. [family GERANIACEAE], Hort. Kew. 2. p. 430;—DC. Prod. 1. p. 658. Cav. Diss. t. 104. f. 3. Bot. Mag. t. 103. E. & Z.! 587, non Drege.
Information
shrubby, the younger branches succulent, glabrous; leaves on short petioles, glabrous, somewhat fleshy, obovate, obtuse, cuneate at base, crenate; stipules obliquely ovate, small; peduncles few-flowered; pedicels very short, the calyx tube glandular, 3–4 times longer than the lanceolate segments; petals spathulate, sub-equal. A much-branched, but rather naked bush, with small, deciduous leaves and slender, pale flowers. The petals are at least twice as long as the calyx-segments. The leaves are acidulous, tasting like sorrel.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cult. in England 1724. Clayey places near Rivers. Uitenhage, E. & Z.! Somerset, Mrs. F. W. Barber! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.).
