Entry for PELARGONIUM alchemilloides Willd. [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 alchemilloidesWilld. [family GERANIACEAE], 3. p. 656;—DC. l. c. p. 660. Cav. Diss. t. 98. f. 1.
Information
perennial, diffuse, many-stemmed, pubescent; stems herbaceous, furrowed, leaves on very long petioles, 5–7-nerved, reniform, 5–7-lobed, the lobes rounded or cuneate, crenate or bluntly toothed; stipules cordate-ovate, acute; peduncles long, villous, 4–6-flowered; flowers sub-sessile, the calyx-tube many times longer than the narrow-lanceolate, striate segments. There is a short woody, perennial root-stock, from which spring several weak, annual stems 1–2 feet long or more, with distant nodes; the petioles are usually much longer than the lamina. Pubescence (except in γ.) copious and soft. The flowers are small, pale-rosy, with or without spots.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Hill sides among bushes, throughout the Colony and in Caffirland. Vars. α. and β. common. γ. at the Klipplaat and Zwart Key Rivers, Caffraria, E. & Z.! Drege! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.).
