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Pelargonium zonale (l.) l'hér. Hoffmanns.

Horseshoe geranium (en), Géranium à feuilles zonées (fr), Pélargonium zonal (fr), Géranium zonal (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Pelargonium l'hér.

Characteristics

Erect or scrambling, softly woody shrub, 1(-3) m high. Leaves almost orbicular, 50-80 mm in diam.; lamina deeply lobed, base cordate, margins irregularly scalloped; often smooth and zoned. Stipules broadly ovate. Inflorescences of pseudo-umbels, 5-70-flowered; buds reflexed. Flowers zygomorphic. Petals 5, ± equally sized, white, rose-coloured or red, veins reddish. Fertile stamens 7, staminal column relatively short. Flowering time all year.
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Shrub with somewhat succulent branches, 1-2 m. Leaves round with margins shallowly lobed and usually with a reddish zonal marking, very sparsely hairy. Flowers to 70, ± 35 mm diam., pink, subsessile; hypanthium 25-45 mm long.
A herb. It has red or white flowers. It has a disagreeable smell when crushed.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread autochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 2-5
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use gene source medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Pelargonium zonale (l.) l'hér. leaf picture by Airos Reivaj (cc-by-sa)
Pelargonium zonale (l.) l'hér. leaf picture by David Garcia (cc-by-sa)
Pelargonium zonale (l.) l'hér. leaf picture by Zancajo Castañares Jose Luis (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Pelargonium zonale (l.) l'hér. flower picture by García Calero Cristina (cc-by-sa)
Pelargonium zonale (l.) l'hér. flower picture by David Garcia (cc-by-sa)
Pelargonium zonale (l.) l'hér. flower picture by Isilda Reis Lorenzo (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Pelargonium zonale (l.) l'hér. world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bhutan, Colombia, Cabo Verde, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Spain, France, Croatia, Haiti, India, Korea (Republic of), Morocco, Mexico, Myanmar, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:377229-1
WFO ID wfo-0000467361
COL ID 6TZF2
BDTFX ID 48209
INPN ID 639061
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Pelargonium novum Pelargonium leucanthum Pelargonium leptopetalum Pelargonium placidum Pelargonium rosula Pelargonium stenopetalum Pelargonium siccifolium Campylia variegata Ciconium clarum Ciconium cocciniflorum Ciconium crenatum Ciconium densiflorum Ciconium marginatum Ciconium placidum Ciconium stenopetalum Ciconium zonale Pelargonium densiflorum Geranium zonale Hoarea amoena Ciconium leptopetalum Ciconium rosula Ciconium siccifolium Geraniospermum zonale Geranium marginatum Hoarea marginata Pelargonium marginatum Ciconium leucanthum Pelargonium clarum Pelargonium crenatum Pelargonium amoenum Geranium stenopetalum Pelargonium zonale (l.) l'hér.
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