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A wild plant by Ina Dinter, Africanplants.senckenberg.de.


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Author: 

Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 1800

Family:  GERANIACEAE
Origin: 

Lesotho, South-Eastern South Africa

Soil: 

Mix - Sandy

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Maximum

Thickness: 

1 Centimetres

Height: 

10 Centimetres

Flower: 

White - Pale Purple - Pink

Propagate: 

Seeds

Names: 

-

Synonyms: 

Geranium minimum, Cav., 1787.
Geraniospermum fumarioides, Kuntze.
Geraniospermum minimum,
Kuntze.
Geranium pubescens,
Thunb.
Pelargonium fumarioides,
L'Hér. ex Harv.
Pelargonium parvulum,
Harv.
Pelargonium pseudofumarioides,
R.Knuth

This member of the Geraniaceae family was given this name by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1800. It is found in Lesotho and south-eastern South Africa, growing in a well drained sandy soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to one centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to ten centimetres in height. The flowers are white over pale purple to pink.

The genera name from Greek; pelargos; 'stork' for the ripening fruits, which resembles the bills of storks. The species name from the small size of the entire plant.


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