Entry for PELARGONIUM schizopetalum Sw. [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 schizopetalumSw. [family GERANIACEAE], Ger. t. 232
PELARGONIUM uitenhagenseE. & Z. [family GERANIACEAE], ! 523.
Information
stem short, succulent; radical leaves petiolate, oblong, obtuse, strigose on both sides, inciso-pinnatifid, the lobes cuneate, deeply toothed or cut at the apex; stipules lanceolate, acuminate; scapes much longer than the leaves, scabrous and hispid; umbel pluri-flowered; calyx setulose, with linear lanceolate segments; petals bi-partite, their segments fimbriato-multifid. Stem often scarcely any. Petioles 3–6 inches long, supporting a deeply pinnatifid or almost pinnati-parted lamina of the same length. Petals sub-equal, the two upper greenish-yellow, the lower brownish-purple, all cut into slender, forking shreds.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Van Staadensberg, Uit., E. & Z.! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.)
Notes
This curious plant was cultivated in England by Mr. Colvill in 1821, but like many others of similar habit, has disappeared. Sweet says the flowers are unpleasantly scented.
