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Pelargonium grandiflorum Willd.

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Pelargonium l'hér.

Characteristics

Straggling shrublet to 80 cm. Leaves digitately lobed, leathery, glaucous and often with a reddish zonal marking. Flowers to 5, 40-50 mm diam., pinkish purple, stamens long and exserted; hypanthium 8-10 mm long, shorter than pedicel.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.18 - 0.5
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 4-5
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Pelargonium grandiflorum unspecified picture

Distribution

Pelargonium grandiflorum world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Spain, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:376255-1
WFO ID wfo-0001064251
COL ID 75ZJC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 972682
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Synonyms

Geraniospermum grandiflorum Geraniospermum variegatum Geranium hepaticifolium Eumorpha grandiflora Geranium glabrum Pelargonium grandiflorum
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