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Pelargonium micranthum

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Pelargonium micranthum Eckl. & Zeyh. [family GERANIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Isotype of Pelargonium micranthum Eckl. & Zeyh. [family GERANIACEAE ] Verified by Schonken, C.M., 1979 Pelargonium tomentosum Jacq. [family GERANIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Pelargonium tomentosum Jacq. [family GERANIACEAE ] Verified by Walt, J.J.A. van der, 1980
Related name
  • Pelargonium tomentosum
  • Pelargonium micranthum

Flora

Entry for PELARGONIUM tomentosum 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 tomentosum Jacq. [family GERANIACEAE], ! Ic. t. 537;—DC. Prod. 1. p. 671. Bot. Mag. t. 518. Sw. Ger. t. 168.
PELARGONIUM micranthum E. & Z. [family GERANIACEAE], ! 614. Zey.! 2095.
Information
half-herbaceous, diffuse much branched, densely and softly tomentose; leaves on long petioles deeply hastato-cordate at base, 5–7-lobed, the lobes broad and shallow obtuse, mucronulate, crenate, velvetty on both sides; stipules cordate cuspidate; inflorescence laxly panicled, the partial peduncles long, vil lous, many-flowered; pedicels many times longer than the calyx-tube; flowers small, the 3 lower petals longer than the sepals. The soft, velvetty foliage is handsome, but the flowers are insignificant and white. The stems are several feet long, and spread widely. Leaves 2–3 inches long and broad.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Mountain sides, among rocks and bushes. Voormansbosch, Swell., E. & Z.! Stellenbosch, Drege! (Herb. Hook., Sond.)
Notes
Cultivated since 1790, chiefly for its scent, which resembles that of peppermint.

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