| Author: | Reinhard
Gustav Paul Knuth,
1922 |
| Family: |
GERANIACEAE |
| Origin: |
South-Western Namibia, North-Western South Africa |
| Soil: |
Grit - Mix |
| Water:
|
Minimum |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
3,5
Centimetres |
| Height: |
40
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Pelargonium paradoxum, Dinter, 1789.
Pelargonium
jacobii, R.A. Dyer, 1954. |
This member of the
Geraniaceae family was described by Reinhard Gustav
Paul Knuth in 1922.
It is found in south-western Namibia down to north-westrn South
Africa, growing in grit or other well drained soil with little water
and lots of sun. The stem can grow to three and a half centimetre in
diameter, the whole plant up to 40 centimetres. The flowers are
white.
The genera name from Greek;
pelargos; 'stork' for the ripening fruits, which resembles the
bills of storks. The species name after the Klinghardt
Mountains in southern South West Africa/Namibia, where the species
was first discovered.
This is a winter-grower. |
