Pelargonium grossularioides (l.) l'hér. R.Knuth

Gooseberry geranium (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Pelargonium l'hér.

Characteristics

Prostrate to spreading (short-lived) perennial herb, up to 0.1 m in diam., up to 0.5 m in height; pubescent, puberulous or glabrescent with some glandular hairs interspersed. Stipules broadly ovate or lanceolate, 2-7(-10) x 1.5-4.0(-7.0) mm. Leaves arranged in a basal rosette, opposite on spreading stems, simple, ovate to subcircular in outline, margins shallowly to deeply pinnatilobed or bipinnatilobed, sometimes to the midrib and crenate, base cordate, green, rachis reddish; petioles 8-155 mm long; laminae 18-82 x 21-91 mm, pubescent or puberulous adaxially and abaxially and with glandular hairs interspersed. Inflorescence axillary or leaf-opposed, with 2-17(31) flowers; peduncles 28185 mm long; bracts linear to linear-lanceolate, 1.5-3.5(-7.0) x 0.5-2.5 mm, abaxially pubescent or rarely glabrous, adaxially sparsely pubescent or glabrous; pedicels 2-9 mm long. Hypanthium 1.5-11.0 mm long, spreading pubescent or coarsely appressed puberulous, with glandular hairs interspersed. Sepals 5, ovate or lanceolate, posterior lobe 2.05.5 x (1.0-)1.5-2.5 mm, lateral lobes 2-5 x 0.5-1.7 mm, anterior lobes 2.0-5.5 x 1.0-2.3 mm, indumentum as for hypanthium. Petals 5, longer than sepals, pale pink or mauve to magenta with dark pink or purple venation on all petals but particularly on the posterior petals, which usually also have eyespots; posterior petals oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, ca. symmetrical, 3.5-8.0 x 0.5-2.0 mm, apices obtuse; anterior petals oblong-oblanceolate (obovate), ca. symmetrical, 3.0-7.5 x 0.5-2.5 mm, apices obtuse. Androecium 7 fertile anthers, pink or light brown, ca. 0.8-1.5 mm long, pollen orange. Gynoecium ovary ca. 1.3-2.0 mm long; style ca. 0-0.5(-1.0) mm long; stigma branches ca. 0.5-1.0 mm long, pale pink to purple. Fruit bases of mericarps 1.5-2.5 mm long, glandular, tails (6-)8-12 mm long. Flowering period: Seemingly all year with a peak in September to January, especially after fire.
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Herba annua diffusa. Caules 30-50 cm. longa, 1.5-2 mm. diametro, angulosi, tenuiter et breviter pubescentes, rubri, internodiis usque 6 cm. longis. Folia tripartita, segmentis profunde pinnatifido-incisis, lobulis inciso-crenatis, usque 1.5 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, cordata, utrinque glabra, margine pagina superiore leviter incrassato; petioli breviter pubescentes vel glabrescentes, foliorum basalium usque 6 cm. longi, superiorum breviores; stipulae amplexicaules, semiorbiculares vel late ovatae, obtusae. Pedunculi 1-3.5 cm. longi, 3-8-flori; bracteae plerumque 6, ovatae vel lanceolatae, acutae. Flores pedicellati, pedicellis gracilibus, breviter glandulosis, usque 4 mm. longis calycis calcari excluso. Calycis calcar pedicello multo latius, sepala versus sensim ampliatum, glandulosum, 2-2.5 mm. longum; sepala ovata vel lanceolata, 3 mm. longa, extra glandulosa et pilis paucis brevibus instructa. Petala 3 mm. longa, dilute rosea, 2 superiora ligulata, 3 inferiora spathulata. Stamina fertilia 5, antesepala, sepalis breviora; staminodia 5, antepetala, brevissima. Ovarium dense villosum. Fructus rostro excluso subglobosus, 2.5-3 mm. longus, 3 mm. diametro; rostrum 2.5-3.5 mm. longum, breviter puberulum; semina oblongo-obovata, plana, glabra.
Low-spreading annual, 0.05-0.20 m high; stems up to 0.5 m long, internodes long, angular, furrowed, reddish. Leaves with lamina cordate to reniform, 10-40 x 10-60 mm, 3-5-palmately lobed, upper leaves much smaller and deeply incised; almost glabrous to fairly pubescent, hairs short, glands interspersed, aromatic; petioles reddish, 10-30 mm long. Inflorescences of compact, 3-50-flowered pseudo-umbels. Petals whitish, pink to beetroot-purple. Flowering time all year.
Dwarf, ± prostrate annual. Leaves cordate or ± digitately lobed, often purplish, 50 x 40 mm. Flowers up to 50, ± 8 mm diam., purple; hypanthium ± 3 mm long, shorter than pedicel. Year-round.
Dwarf, ± prostrate annual. Leaves cordate or somewhat digitately lobed, often purplish, 5 x 4 cm. Flowers to 50, ± 8 mm diam., purple; hypanthium ± 3 mm long, shorter than pedicel.
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Soil humidity 3-8
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Pelargonium grossularioides (l.) l'hér. world distribution map, present in India, Lesotho, Mozambique, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:376265-1
WFO ID wfo-0001064060
COL ID 6TZJH
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Synonyms

Peristera anceps Peristera nummulariifolia Peristera grossularioides Pelargonium filicaule Geranium anceps Geranium grossularioides Geraniospermum grossulariodes Geranium alceoides Pelargonium grossularioides (l.) l'hér. Pelargonium parvirostre