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Pelargonium moniliforme

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Photo by Vered A. Mann. A young plant with few flowers.


Photo by Vered A. Mann.


Photo by Vered A. Mann.


Photo by Vered A. Mann.

Author: Ernst H. Friedrich Meyer, 1843
Family:  GERANIACEAE
Origin:  Western South Africa
Soil:  Sand - Clay
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  2,5 Centimetres
Height:  6 Centimetres
Flower:  White - Cream - Yellow / Red
Propagate:  Seeds/Roots
Names:  -
Synonyms:  Geraniospermum moniliforme, Kuntze.

This member of the Geraniaceae family was given this name by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer in 1843. It is found in western South Africa, growing in sand, clay and quarts with some water and lots of sun. The root is a line of roundish tubers which each can grow to 2,5 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to six centimetres in height. The flowers are from white over cream to yellow 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 small tubers which forms on its main or lateral roots.

This is a winter-grower.


Photo by Vered A. Mann.


Photo by Vered A. Mann.


Photo by Vered A. Mann.