Geranium subglabrum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Geranium

Characteristics

Many-stemmed, clump-forming perennial herb, stems of indeterminate length, straggling, decumbent or suberect, slender, young parts sparsely appressed pubescent, the hairs retrorse. Stipules deeply dissected, segments linear-acuminate. Leaves on petioles up to 150 mm long, diminishing in length upwards, sparsely pubescent with appressed retrorse hairs; blade up to 110 mm in diam., digitately 5-lobed almost to the base, lobes elliptic in outline, lobed and toothed, the ultimate segments ± narrowly deltoid, sparsely appressed pubescent above, hairs below confined to the main veins and revolute margins, appressed. Inflorescence a large loosely branched cyme terminating each stem, bracts small, only the lowermost leaflike but subsessile. Peduncles with relatively sparse short ± curled hairs as well as many short (up to 0.5 mm) spreading gland-tipped ones, mostly 2-flowered. Pedicels mostly 20-50 mm long, hairy as the peduncles. Sepals 4.5-7.5 x 2-2.5 mm, excluding mucro, with spreading gland-tipped hairs on nerves. Petals 12-15 x 7-11 mm, obovate, entire, rich pink with darker veins. Rostrum with spreading gland-tipped hairs.
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Many-stemmed, clump-forming, perennial herb, up to 0.2 m high. Leaves petiolate, sparsely pubescent with appressed retrorse hairs; lamina up to 110 mm in diam., digitately 5-lobed almost to base; lobes elliptic in outline, lobed and toothed, ultimate segment ± narrowly deltoid. Inflorescence a large, loosely-branched cyme terminating each stem; peduncles mostly 2-flowered. Sepals 4.5-7.5 x 2.0-2.5 mm excluding mucro, gland-tipped hairs spreading. Petals 12-15 x 7-11 mm, obovate, entire, pink with darker veins. Flowering time Oct.-Feb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Geranium subglabrum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:906214-1
WFO ID wfo-0000701414
COL ID 3FV8C
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Synonyms

Geranium subglabrum