Pelargonium antidysentericum Kostel.

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Pelargonium l'hér.

Characteristics

Much-branched shrub with a partly subterranean tuber. Stems vimineous, angular, sulcate or cylindrical, herbaceous but becoming woody with age. Leaves borne in clusters of 3-4 on short branchlets; lamina reniform , 5(-7)-palmatilobate to 5(-7)-palmatipartite, sparsely hirtellous with many pyriform-headed glandular hairs in between; stipules membranous or recurved persistent spines. Pseudo-umbels 2-5-flowered. Pedicel (5-10 mm) shorter than hypanthium (10-30 mm). Petals 5, light purple to purple or white with dark purple streaks; posterior two 10-20 mm x 5-8 mm; anterior three 10-13 mm x 2-4 mm.
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Twiggy shrub, up to 1.5 m tall, with brittle branches from a massive partly exposed tuber. Leaves clustered on short shoots, with slender petioles, blade round, 15-20 mm diam., margin shallowly incised. Flowers 3-5 per very short peduncle, on pedicels 2-10 mm long, ± 20 mm diam., petals 5, purple, hypanthium ± 5 mm long.
Deciduous shrub to 1.5 m, with twiggy and brittle branches from a massive and partly exposed tuber. Leaves round, margin shallowly incised, roughly hairy, 1.5-2.0 cm diam. Flowers 3-5 on very short peduncles, ± 20 mm diam., purple; hypanthium ± 5 mm long, shorter than pedicel.
A herb.
Life form
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The root is eaten raw as a snack and cooked as a vegetable.
Uses medicinal
Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use Dysentery (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Images

Pelargonium antidysentericum unspecified picture

Distribution

Pelargonium antidysentericum world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:375654-1
WFO ID wfo-0001064141
COL ID 769QD
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Geraniospermum antidysentericum Pelargonium antidysentericum Jenkinsonia antidysenterica Pelargonium antidysentericum subsp. antidysentericum

Lower taxons

Pelargonium antidysentericum subsp. inerme Pelargonium antidysentericum subsp. zonale