Entry for PELARGONIUM multibracteatum Hochst. ex A. Rich. [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 multibracteatumHochst. ex A. Rich. [family GERANIACEAE], (1847);
PELARGONIUM alchemilloides(Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Kokwaro subsp. multibracteatum [family GERANIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 23: 530 (1969). [type as above]
Information
Perennial decumbent or ascending herb to at least 50 cm tall. Leaves often alternate near base of stem and opposite further up; blade suborbicular-reniform in outline, 2.5–11 x 2.5–13 cm, palmately 5-lobed or 5-partite with dentate lobes, pubescent; petiole 1.5–20 cm long, not markedly broadened at the base. Umbels 5–16-flowered; peduncle 6–25 cm long; free part of pedicel 3–7 mm long. Sepals 7–10 mm long; spur 30–45 mm long. Petals 5, 2 longer 13–20 mm, 3 shorter 8–16 mm, white, pink or red. Style 0.2–1.5 mm long. Fruit pubescent; mericarps 5.5–7 mm long; mature beak 20–37 mm long.
