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Pelargonium senecioides l'hér. ex Aiton

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Pelargonium l'hér.

Characteristics

Erect, annual herb with a normally developed tap root. Stems herbaceous. Leaves 2-3-pinnatifid with almost linear segments, green, covered with short hairs and shorter glandular hairs interspersed, lamina cordiform in outline. Pseudo-umbels 2-4-flowered. Pedicel much shorter than hypanthium. Petals 5, white to creamy-white to pinkish with dark pink-purple reticulation abaxially; all petals more or less equally sized. Fertile stamens 7.
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Annual to 40 cm, branching mainly from base. Leaves 2-or 3-pinnatifid, to 7 x 6 cm. Flowers 2-4 on short, axillary peduncles, 8-18 mm diam., white with purple marks on upper petals and purple-veined beneath; hypanthium 6-9 mm long, longer than the very short pedicel.
Annual, up to 400 mm tall, branching mainly from base. Leaves 2-or 3-pinnatifid, up to 70 x 60 mm. Flowers 2-4, on short axillary peduncles, shortly pedicellate, 8-18 mm diam., petals 5, white, upper 2 with purple marks near base, hypanthium 6-9 mm long.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Pelargonium senecioides l'hér. ex world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:376987-1
WFO ID wfo-0001064375
COL ID 6TZCN
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Synonyms

Pelargonium phellandrium Geraniospermum senecioides (l'hér.) Myrrhidium senecioides Pelargonium senecioides l'hér. ex
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