Pelargonium radens H.E.Moore

Erect, much-branched, rose-scented shrub, up to 1.5 m high and 0.75 m in diameter. Stems herbaceous when young but soon becoming woody, sparsely to densely hirtellous and densely interspersed with glandular hairs, green but becoming brownish with age. Leaves hard to the touch (almost scabrous), hirsute and with glandular hairs interspersed, greyish-green to green; lamina palmatisect to pinnatisect with narrow, irregularly pinnatisect segments, segments adaxially grooved, apices usually obtuse, margins revolute, (20-)45(-85) x (25-)70(-150) mm; petiole (10-)40(-150) mm long; stipules asymmetric and narrowly triangular, hirtellous to villous and densely interspersed with glandular hairs, 4-6 x 2-3 mm. Inflorescence: flowering branches with normal and smaller foliar leaves; peduncles 12-20 mm long, sparsely to densely hirtellous and densely interspersed with glandular hairs; involucral bracts lanceolate, cuspidate, indumentum as on stipules, 4-6 x 2-3 mm; pseudo-umbels with 3-5(-8) flowers each. Pedicel 2-10 mm long, indumentum as on stipules. Hypanthium 2-8 mm long. Sepals lanceolate, indumentum adaxially as on stipules, green to reddish-brown with white margins, ±8 x 1.5-3,5 mm. Petals pale purple to pinkish-purple; posterior two spathulate, apices obtuse to emarginate, with dark wine-red feather-like markings, reflexed at ±90°, ±20 x5 mm; anterior three spathulate with narrow claws, reflexed at ±45°, ±15 x 3.5 mm.

Sheltered valleys in the ruts of rough tracks, S.W. Cape province. Mountain scrub and by rocky streams.

The leaves have a lemon scent. They are used to flavour cakes and tea. The flowers are used as an attractive edible garnish.

It can be grown from seeds or cuttings.