Pelargonium graveolens
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Large aromatic, shrub-like suffrutex, up to 1.3 m. Leaves broadly ovate in outline, strongly palmately lobed, lower lobes often lobed again. Inflorescence leaf-opposed in 2-7-flowered pseudo-umbels. Flowers pale to deep pink with darker purple-pink veins. |
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| Flowering time: | Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe and South Africa |
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Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 43. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 54. Mueller, T. (1963). Geraniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 147 - 149. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 139. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 92. |
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