| Author: | Reinhard
Gustav Paul Knuth, 1930 |
| Family: |
GERANIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Western
Cape; South Africa |
| Soil: |
Mixed |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
4 Centimetres |
| Height: |
5 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the Geraniaceae family was given this name by
Reinhard Gustav Paul Knuth in 1930. It is found
in Western Cape, the most southern South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with
some water and some sun. The leaves will reach five centimetres
while the inflorescence are 20 to 25 centimetres high, with white
flowers. The caudex - or rather tuber is thought to reach four
centimetres in diameter.
The genera name from Greek;
pelargos; 'stork' for the ripening fruits, which resembles the
bills of storks. The species name is name after the area it is found
in : Ladysmith. |
