Pelargonium plurisectum T.M.Salter

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Pelargonium l'hér.

Characteristics

Much-branched, erect, subshrub. Stems rather woody, older stems covered with remains of leaf bases. Leaves pinnatisect with linear segments, sericeous with spherical-headed glandular hairs interspersed; lamina ovate in outline; petiole longer than lamina, persistent for some time. Pseudo-umbels 1-2-flowered. Pedicel (up to 3 mm) much shorter than hypanthium. Petals 5, light yellowish to flesh-coloured, strongly reflexed, posterior and anterior petals more or less of equal shape and size. Fertile stamens 7.
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Deciduous shrublet to 30 cm. Leaves palmatisect to pinnatisect with linear segments, ± 8 mm diam. Flowers 1 or 2 on short peduncles, ± 12 mm diam., yellowish to pinkish, subsessile; hypanthium 20-33 mm long, much longer than pedicel.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil humidity 1-3
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Distribution

Pelargonium plurisectum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:376774-1
WFO ID wfo-0001064336
COL ID 6TZLR
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Synonyms

Geraniospermum multifidum Pelargonium multifidum Pelargonium plurisectum