Geranium harveyi Briq.

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Geranium

Characteristics

Many-stemmed, clump-forming perennial herb, stems spreading, decumbent or suberect, slender, becoming woody in lower parts, young parts with silvery retrorse appressed hairs. Stipules deeply dissected, segments linear-acuminate. Leaves all cauline, petioles long, all but the uppermost much longer than the blade, with silvery retrorse appressed hairs, blade ±5-30 mm diam., digitately (3-)5-lobed almost or quite to the base, each lobe rhomboid in outline, deeply pinnatifid, the segments oblong-lanceolate, entire or the largest with an occasional tooth, appressed silvery-sericeous above, more densely so below. Peduncles opposite the uppermost leaves and much exceeding them, with silvery retrorse appressed hairs, 1-or 2-flowered. Pedicels seldom exceeding 50 mm, hairy as the peduncles, and occasionally with a few spreading gland-tipped hairs below the calyx. Sepals 5.5-6(-8) x 2.5(-3.5) mm excluding mucro, appressed silvery-sericeous, occasionally with a few gland-tipped hairs at the base. Petals 12-15 x 6.5-9 mm, obovate, shallowly notched, magenta or purple-blue. Rostrum with somewhat spreading hairs.
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Many-stemmed, clump-forming, perennial herb, up to 0.14 m high; young parts silvery, retrorse, appressed-hairy. Leaves all cauline; lamina ± 5-30 mm in diam., digitately 3-5-lobed almost to base, each lobe rhomboid in outline, deeply pinnatifid; segments oblong-lanceolate, entire; petioles much longer than lamina. Inflorescences 1-or 2-flowered; peduncles much exceeding upper leaves; pedicels < 50 mm long; indumentum as for stems. Sepals 5.5-8.0 x 2.5-3.5 mm, indumentum with additional gland-tipped hairs at base. Petals 12-15 x 6.5-9.0 mm, obovate, shallowly notched, magenta or purple-blue. Flowering time Aug.-Jan.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.14
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Geranium harveyi world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:373116-1
WFO ID wfo-0000700576
COL ID 6KDZS
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Geranium harveyi Geranium sericeum