Geranium caffrum Eckl. & Zeyh.

Diffuse perennial herb with a long thickened taproot; stems slender, becoming woody at the base, branched, sprawling, rooting, thinly appressed-pubescent. Stipules deeply dissected, segments lanceolate-acuminate. Leaves loosely tufted initially in young plants and at rooting nodes, but soon all cauline; petioles very long, all but the uppermost much exceeding the blade in length, with fine appressed retrorse hairs, blade up to ±70 mm diam. digitately (3-)5-lobed to the base, each lobe oblong in outline, deeply pinnatifid, these segments rarely more than 2 mm wide, oblong, usually entire, rarely the lowermost with 1 or 2 teeth, margins usually slightly revolute, sparsely appressed-pubescent above, appressed hairs over main veins and along margins below, otherwise glabrous. Peduncles opposite the uppermost leaves and much exceeding them, with short fine retrorse appressed hairs, 1-or 2-flowered. Pedicels seldom exceeding 25 mm long, hairy like the peduncles but often with short spreading gland-tipped hairs as well. Sepals (4-)5-6(-8) x 2-2.25(-3) mm excluding mucro, with short fine appressed hairs, often short spreading gland-tipped hairs as well. Petals (8-)9-13(-15) x 4-8(-10) mm, obovate, entire or shallowly notched, usually white, sometimes pale pink. Rostrum with appressed or spreading hairs, often spreading gland-tipped hairs as well.