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Photo by Cok Grootscholten.


The flowers from Geraniaceae.com.


I had expected more caudex. Photo by Douglas Eustonbrown, Inaturalist.org


A leaf by Elena Ioganson, Inaturalist.org.

Author: 

William Henry Harvey, 1841

Family:  GERANIACEAE
Origin: 

Western South Africa

Soil: 

Mix

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Maximum

Thickness: 

5 Centimetres

Height: 

25 (50) Centimetres

Flower: 

Yellow-Pink - Dusky Pink / Purple

Propagate: 

Seeds

Names: 

-

Synonyms: 

Geraniospermum anethifolium , Kuntze.
Pelargonium callosum,
E.Mey.
Pelargonium peucedanifolium,
F.Dietr.
Polyactium anethifolium,
Eckl. & Zeyh.
Polyactium peucedanifolium,
Eckl. & Zeyh.

This member of the Geraniaceae family was given this name by William Henry Harvey in 1841. It is found in Western South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to three centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 25 centimetres in height, 50 with the flowers which are yellow-green to dusky pink flowers with wine-red marks.

he genera name from Greek; pelargos; 'stork' for the ripening fruits, which resembles the bills of storks. The species name  is derived from Latin anethum; 'anise' and -folius; 'leaved'.


Different looking floer by Bionerds, Inaturalist.org.