Pelargonium capitatum (l.) l'hér. Kuntze

Decumbent, much-branched, rose-scented subshrub, up to 1 m high and 1.6 m in diameter. Stems herbaceous, becoming somewhat woody with age, pilose to densely villous and with glandular hairs interspersed, green but becoming brownish with age. Leaves villous to densely villous and densely interspersed with glandular hairs, green to greyish-green; lamina 3-5-palmatilobate to 3-5-palmatipartite, crisped, base cordate, lobes sometimes shallowly lobed, apices of lobes obtuse, margins irregularly crenate-dentate, (20-)40(-115) x (30-)50(-160) mm; petiole (5-)20(-55) mm long; stipules broadly ovate to cordiform, often apiculate, 7-12 x 5-14 mm. Inflorescence: flowering branches with normal and smaller foliar leaves; peduncles 30-150 mm long, villous to densely villous and densely interspersed with glandular hairs; involucral bracts broadly lanceolate, apiculate to cuspidate, indumentum as on leaves, 8-10 x 3-5 mm; capitulum-like pseudo-umbels with 8-20 flowers each. Pedicel 0.5-2 mm long. Hypanthium 3-8 mm long, densely villous and with glandular hairs interspersed. Sepals lanceolate, apiculate, indumentum as on hypanthium, green but apices often reddish, ±10 x 3-4 mm. Petals pale pink to dark pink-purple; posterior two spathulate, apices obtuse, with dark purple markings, reflexed at ±90°, ±18 x 6 mm; anterior three spathulate with narrow claws, slightly reflexed, ±16 x 6 mm. 2n=66. P. capitatum has a definite flowering peak during spring, especially in September and October, but odd flowers may be found throughout the year.