| Author: | Richard
Anthony Salisbury, 1805 |
| Family: |
GERANIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Western
Cape; South Africa |
| Soil: |
Grit |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
3 Centimetres |
| Height: |
5 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Flesh
Coloured - Light Rose - Pink / Wine Red |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Coin-Leaved Pelargonium, Geranium Constitute |
| Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the Geraniaceae family was given this name by
Richard Anthony Salisbury in 1805. It is only found
in a small fynbos area in Western Cape of South Africa, growing in
sandy or other 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 with ten to fifteen centimetres inflorescences. The
flowers are from flesh coloured over light rose to pink, all with
wine 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 resembles to the Primulaceae Nymmularia,
which again was named that because of its leaves resemblance with
coins. |
