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Caudex by Vered A. Mann.

Author:  William Henry Harvey, 1862 
Family:  GERANIACEAE
Origin:  Eswatini, South Africa
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  3 Centimetres
Height:  40 Centimetres
Flower:  White / Pale Red
Propagate:  Seeds/Cuttings
Names:  -
Synonyms:  -

This member of the Geraniaceae family was described by William Henry Harvey. It is found in Eswatini and South Africa; KwaZulu-Natal in rocky slopes, growing in well-drained soil with some water and lots of sun. It will raise to 40 centimetres from a three centimetre caudex, and the flowers are white and pale red. It can be reproduced both by seeds and cuttings.

The genera name from Greek; pelargos; 'stork' for the ripening fruits, which resembles the bills of storks. The species name after James Henry Bowker, 1822-1900, a South African naturalist and government official.


The different leaves on one single plant by Vered A. Mann.


The flower by Cameron McMaster, Africanplants.senckenberg.de.