Entry for PELARGONIUM christophoranum Verdc. [family GERANIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
PELARGONIUM christophoranumVerdc. [family GERANIACEAE], (1968);. type: N2, between “Erigavo” and “Daloh-Gudun”, Hemming 2322 (EA holo., FT K PRE iso.). Fig. 100.
Information
Subshrub, 15–30 cm tall; stems woody below, with a thick peeling bark. Leaves mostly clustered; blade suborbicular-reniform, 0.5–2.5 x 0.5–3.5 cm, shallowly 3–5-lobed with dentate lobes, shortly pubescent; petiole 1–4 cm long, with a broadened persistent base. Umbels 1–3-flowered; peduncle 2–6 cm long; free part of pedicel 1–4 mm long. Sepals 7–10 mm long; spur 40–55 mm long. Petals 5, 2 longer 18–20 mm long, 3 shorter 10–14.5 mm long, white with pink base and veins. Style 1–1.5 mm long. Fruit pubescent; mericarps 4–6 mm long; mature beak 18–23 mm long.
