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Pelargonium heterophyllum

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Pelargonium heterophyllum Jacq. [family GERANIACEAE]
Type? of Pelargonium auriculatum E. Meyer ex Harv. pro syn. [family GERANIACEAE]
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Identification
Pelargonium heterophyllum Jacq. [family GERANIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Pelargonium auriculatum E. Meyer ex Harv. pro syn. [family GERANIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Pelargonium longifolium (Burm. f.) Jacq. [family GERANIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Pelargonium heterophyllum
  • Pelargonium auriculatum
  • Pelargonium longifolium

Flora

Entry for PELARGONIUM heterophyllum Jacq. [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 heterophyllum Jacq. [family GERANIACEAE], Ic. Rar. t. 516;—DC. Prod. 1. p. 651, non E. & Z.
Information
leaves on ciliated petioles, diverse, some oblong or ovate, entire, some three-lobed or 3-parted, the terminal lobe largest, rigidly ciliate, glabrous or nearly so; scapes branching, patently hispid; umbels pluriflowered, with subulate bracts; calyx pubescent and setose, the tube nearly twice as long as the lanceolate, acute lobes; petals narrow-spathulate. A small species with glabrous, fleshy leaves, about 1 inch long, and 3/4 inch wide, bordered with rigid, short, swollen hairs; mostly trifid. All the petals long and narrow, the two upper blotched in the middle, 3 lower flesh-coloured. Stipules subulate, scarious. Uppermost stamen very short, the two lowermost much longer than the intermediate pair, as in Dimacria, Sw.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Groenekloof, Zeyher, No. 171. (Herb. Vind., Hook., Benth., Sond.)
Notes
Our specimens are badly dried, but agree tolerably with Jacquin's originals.

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