Pelargonium crispum (p.j.bergius) l'hér. Sweet

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Pelargonium l'hér.

Characteristics

Erect to decumbent, much-branched, strongly lemon-scented subshrub or shrub, up to 0.75 m high and 0.5 m in diameter. Stems herbaceous when young but soon becoming woody, densely pubescent to strigose with glandular hairs interspersed, green but soon becoming brownish. Leaves strigose and densely interspersed with glandular hairs, green; lamina reniform, 3-palmatilobate to 3-palmatisect, crisped, base cordate, apices of lobes obtuse to acute, margins coarsely dentate-serrate, (2-)5(-10) x (3-)7(-15) mm; petiole (0.5-)4(-15) mm long; stipules cordiform, often apiculate, 2-4 x 2-5 mm. Inflorescence: flowering branches with normal and smaller foliar leaves; peduncles 5-10 mm long, pubescent to strigose with glandular hairs interspersed; involucral bracts ovate to triangular, indumentum as on leaves, 3-4 x 1.5-2.5 mm; pseudo-umbels with 1-2(-3) flowers each. Pedicel 2-1 mm long, sparsely strigose and densely interspersed with glandular hairs. Hypanthium 5-8 mm long, indumentum as on pedicel. Sepals lanceolate, indumentum abaxially as on pedicel, green but sometimes with a reddish tint, ±8 x 2-4 mm. Petals white to dark pink or almost purple; posterior two broadly spathulate, apices sometimes emarginate to cleft, with dark red to dark purple markings, reflexed at ±90°, ±18 x 10 mm; anterior three spathulate with narrow claws, slightly reflexed, ±15 x 3 mm.
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Shrublet to 70 cm. Leaves often distichous, fan-shaped, rough, margins crisped, lemon-scented, to 1 cm diam. Flowers 1-3 on short peduncles, ± 25 mm diam., pinkish purple; hypanthium 5-8 mm long, slightly longer than pedicel.
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Mature height (meter) 0.73
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Uses environmental use food
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Images

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Distribution

Pelargonium crispum (p.j.bergius) l'hér. world distribution map, present in New Zealand and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60443355-2
WFO ID wfo-0001064208
COL ID 75ZGW
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Synonyms

Pelargonium pectinifolium Pelargonium rigidum Pelargonium strictum Pelargonium pustulosum Geraniospermum crispum Geranium crispum Geranium rigidum Pelargonium crispum (p.j.bergius) l'hér.