Entry for PELARGONIUM fulgidum 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 fulgidumWilld. [family GERANIACEAE], Sp. 3. 684;—DC. Prod. 1. p. 663. Dill. Ellth. t. 130. f. 137. Cav. Diss. t. 116. f. 2. Sw. Ger. t. 69. E. & Z.! 519. Zey.! 193.
stem shrubby succulent; densely pubescent; leaves pinnately 3- parted, silky on both sides, the la-teral segments broadly cuneate, 3-lobed and cut, the terminal oblong, pinnatifid and lobulate; stipules broadly cordate, acute; peduncles branched; calyx-tube much swollen at base and in the throat, thrice as long as the pedicel, the segments linear, obtuse, softly hairy; petals obovate, scarlet, An old inhabitant of conservatories, though not now so frequently met with as formerly. It is a free flowerer, and one of the parents of many beautiful hybrids. Flowers brilliant scarlet, with black lines. Garden specimens are much more glabrous, with thinner leaves than wild ones.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cult. in England, since 1732. Sandy ground: near Saldanha Bey, E. & Z.! Between Langvalley and Heerelogement, Clanw. Drege! Zeyher! (Herb. Hook. Sond., Banks.)
