| Author: | Christiaan
Hendrik Persoon, 1806 |
| Family: |
GERANIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Central
South Africa |
| Soil: |
Sandy |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
3 Centimetres |
| Height: |
5 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White -
Cream -Yellow - Pink / Red |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Dimacria undulata Sweet, 1826.
Geranium barbatum
var. undulatum Andrews.
Geranium undulatum
Andrews, 1803.
Dimacria virginea, Sweet.
Geranium undulatum, Andrews.
Geranium virgineum, Poir.
Pelargonium undulatipetalum, Pasq.
Pelargonium undulifolium, Hoffmanns. ex F.Dietr.
Pelargonium virgineum, Pers. |
This member of the
Geraniaceae family was given this name by Christiaan
Hendrik Persoon in 1806. It is found
in the central South Africa, growing in a sandy and well drained soil with
some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to three
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to five centimetres in
height. The
flowers are from white over cream and yellow to pink with red
markings.. The genera name from Greek;
pelargos; 'stork' for the ripening fruits, which resembles the
bills of storks. The species name referring to the shape of the petal edge: Undulate. |
