Author: | Nicholas
Edward Brown, 1913 |
Family: |
GERANIACEAE |
Origin: |
South +
Western South Africa |
Soil: |
Gravel |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
4,5 Centimetres |
Height: |
8-30 Centimetres |
Flower:
|
White -
Cream - Yellow / Red |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the
Geraniaceae family was given this name by Nicholas Edward
Brown in 1913. It is found
in a rather large area from south to western South Africa, growing in a well drained soil,
from sandstone to quartzite with
some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to four and a
half
centimetre in diameter, six centimetres long an sometimes branched.
The entire plant to eight or even 30 centimetres in
height. The
flowers are white over cream to yellow with red markings.
The leaves will change from
trilobate to deeply incised.
The genera name from Greek;
pelargos; 'stork' for the ripening fruits, which resembles the
bills of storks. The species name referring to its
yellow flowers.
The plants found in the
western part are winter-growers. |