Geranium amatolicum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

Species

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Characteristics

Bushy perennial herb up to ±75 cm high, stems up to ±3 mm diam., many, ascending or erect, bare below, leafy on the many branchlets, glandular-pilose with long and short glandular hairs. Stipules deeply dissected, segments linear-acuminate. Leaves with petioles ±25-150 mm long, glandular-pilose, hairs patent, blade mostly 20-110 mm diam., suborbicular in outline, digitately 5(-7)-lobed at least 2\3 of the way to the base (ratio 2-3.5:1 measured on the median lobe), lobes ovate in outline, themselves lobed, scattered long gland-tipped hairs above, sometimes mixed with eglandular hairs, hairs below long and spreading, some gland-tipped. Peduncles terminal and opposite uppermost leaves eventually forming small cymes, mostly 2-flowered, glandular pilose with long and short patent hairs, unilateral band of fine curly hairs as well. Pedicels ±10-70 mm long, hairy as the peduncles. Sepals ±7-11 x 2.5-4 mm, excluding the long mucro, glandular-pilose. Petals ±15-20 x 9-13 mm, obovate, entire or shallowly notched, bright pink, veins reddish, or white if base of petals white. Rostrum glandular-pilose, hairs patent.
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Bushy, perennial herb, 0.20-0.75 m high; stems many, ascending or erect; glandular pilose. Leaves with lamina 20-110 mm in diam., suborbicular in outline, digitately 5-7-lobed, at least 2/3 to base; lobes ovate; hairs patent; petiolate. Inflorescences with peduncles terminal and opposite to uppermost leaves; eventually forming 2-flowered cymes; pedicels up to 70 mm long; indumentum as for stems, including unilateral band of fine, curly hairs. Sepals 7-11 x 2.5-4.0 mm. Petals obovate, entire or shallowly notched, 15-20 x 9-13 mm, bright pink, veins reddish or white if base of petals white. Flowering time Sept.-Feb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.48 - 0.75
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Geranium amatolicum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:906201-1
WFO ID wfo-0000699974
COL ID 6KCD7
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Synonyms

Geranium amatolicum