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Pelargonium tomentosum

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Identification
Pelargonium tomentosum Not on sheet. [family GERANIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
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Flora

Entry for PELARGONIUM papilionaceum 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 papilionaceum Ait. [family GERANIACEAE], Kew. 2. p. 423;—DC. Prod. 1. p. 671. Dill. Hort. Elth. fig. 155. Cav. Diss. t. 112. f. 1. Sw. Ger. t. 27. E. & Z.! 617.
PELARGONIUM tomentosum E. & Z. [family GERANIACEAE], ! 613, non Jacq. Zey.! 2093.
Information
suffruticose at base, herbaceous upwards, much-branched, hairy and glandular; leaves on long petioles, deeply cordate at base, obtusely 5–7- lobed, the lobes shallow or obsolete, crenate, both surfaces densely hairy, the nerves prominent below; stipules cordate, acute; inflorescence densely panicled, the partial peduncles short, glandular and hairy; pedicels and calyces patently hirsute; flowers small, 3 lower petals linear, much shorter than the lanceolate sepals. 3–4 feet high, with the habit of P. hispidum, but with blunter and obsoletely-lobed leaves, broadly cordate stipules and bracts, and very different flowers. The upper petals are twice as long as the sepals, strongly reflexed, purple, with a dark spot.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In moist, shady, sub-alpine places. Districts of Stellenbosch, Caledon and Swellendam, E. & Z.! Drege! Grootvadersbosch, Zey.! Cult. since 1724. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.).
Notes
Dillenius' figure, above quoted, is excellent. E. & Z. confounded this with P. tomentosum, and Drege with P. hispidum.

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