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Pelargonium incrassatum Sims

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Pelargonium l'hér.

Characteristics

A small shrub which keeps growing from year to year. It grows 30 cm high. It forms tubers and is dormant in the summer or dry season. The tuber is turnip shaped. The leaves at the base are in rings and have long stems. They have silver hairs. The leaves are 5 cm long and have leaflets along the stalk. The stems can have 10-20 or more flowers. These are deep pink. They are 18 mm across. The lower petals are much reduced.
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Tuberous geophyte, up to 350 mm tall. Leaves barely green at flowering, pinnate to pinnately lobed, up to ± 110 x 70 mm. Flowers up to 60, in a large umbel-like cluster on a simple peduncle, very shortly pedicellate, petals 5, magenta, upper 2 markedly larger, 17-25 mm long, hypanthium 27-42 mm long.
Tuberous geophyte to 35 cm. Leaves barely green at flowering, pinnate to pinnately lobed, to ± 11 x 7 cm. Flowers to 60 on branching peduncles, ± 25 mm diam., magenta, upper petals markedly larger; hypanthium 27-42 mm long, much longer than the very short pedicel.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean plant. It can grow in hot arid places with a marked dry season. The dry season can be 6-11 months. It grows in stony soil. It grows between 650-1,500 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places. It suits hardiness zones 9-11.
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Often common on gravelly or stony plains in the north-west Cape.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 6-7
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The peeled tubers are eaten raw, cooked in milk or baked in hot ashes. They are a staple food.
Uses essential oil medicinal
Edible roots tubers
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Pelargonium incrassatum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:376362-1
WFO ID wfo-0001064265
COL ID 75ZKR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pelargonium condensatum Pelargonium centauroides l'hér. Geranium condensatum Geranium incrassatum Hoarea incrassata Geraniospermum centaurodes Geraniospermum incrassatum Hoarea rosea Geranium roseum Pelargonium incrassatum
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