Pelargonium worcesterae R.Knuth

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Pelargonium l'hér.

Characteristics

Decumbent to sprawling, aromatic subshrub with numerous small root tubers. Stems herbaceous but becoming woody, thin, internodes relatively long. Leaves subsucculent, lanose to strigose and with glandular hairs interspersed; lamina reniform to ovate, margin crenate to shallowly lobed; petiole much longer than lamina; stipules prominent, cartilaginous, white and persistent. Pseudo-umbels 1-3-flowered. Pedicel very short (1-4 mm) and much shorter than hypanthium (6-14 mm). Petals 5, white, posterior two with pink feather-like markings and larger than anterior three. Fertile stamens 5.
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Decumbent to sprawling, aromatic subshrub; many small root tubers; stems becoming woody, internodes relatively long. Leaves: lamina reniform to ovate, base cordate, margins crenate to shallowly lobed; petiole much longer than lamina. Stipules prominent, white and persistent. Inflorescences with pedicels 1-4 mm long, much shorter than hypanthium. Hypanthium 6-14 mm long. Sepals 5, lanceolate, straight. Petals white, narrowly clawed; posterior petals oblanceolate to spathulate with pink, feather-like markings, larger than lanceolate anterior 3. Flowering time June-Oct.
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Distribution

Pelargonium worcesterae world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:377220-1
WFO ID wfo-0000467360
COL ID 6TZCC
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Synonyms

Pelargonium worcesterae