| Author: | Harriet
Margaret Louisa Bolus, 1934 |
| Family: |
GERANIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Southern
South Africa |
| Soil: |
Sandy |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
3,5 Centimetres |
| Height: |
18 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Light
Greenish |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the
Geraniaceae family was given this name by Harriet Margaret
Louisa Bolus in 1934. It is found
in southern South Africa, growing in a sandy or other well drained soil with
some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to three and a
half
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to eighteen centimetres in
height. The
flowers are light greenish.
The genera name from Greek;
pelargos; 'stork' for the ripening fruits, which resembles the
bills of storks. The species name after Mrs Emily Ferguson, a plant
collector in South Africa. |
