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Pelargonium inquinans

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Identification
Pelargonium inquinans (L.) L'Hér. [family GERANIACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for PELARGONIUM inquinans 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 inquinans Ait. [family GERANIACEAE], Hort. Kew. 2. p. 424;—DC. Prod. 1. p. 659. Dill. Elth. fig. 151. Cav. Diss. t. 106. f. 2. E. & Z.! 581, 583, 586. Zeyher! 2073, 2074.
PELARGONIUM cerinum Sw. [family GERANIACEAE], t. 176. E. & Z.! 582. Drege, 7453, 7454.
Information
shrubby, the younger branches succulent, velvetty; leaves on long petioles, orbicular-reniform, velvetty and somewhat viscoso-pubescent, crenate, sub-undivided or obsoletely multi-lobulate; stipules broadly cordate; peduncles long, many-flowered; pedicels very short, the densely glandular and viscid calyx tube 3–4 times longer than the lanceolate segments; petals broadly obovate. This is the parent of most of the “ scarlet Geraniums ” of English gardens, and has been cultivated since 1714. The flowers vary from intense scarlet to rose-colour and white. It is much softer and more viscid than P. zonale, without horse-shoe mark, and with broader and shorter petals.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Among shrubs and on hill sides. Eastern Districts, Uitenhage, Albany and Caffirland. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.).

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