Species Pelargonium antidysentericum
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Pelargonium:
Gk. pelargos = a stork; referring to the beak of the fruit which resembles a stork’s bill (cf Geranium, Erodium).
Scientific name:
Pelargonium antidysentericum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kostel.
Common names:
Synonym of:
Unknown
Protologue:
Allg. Med -Pharm. Flora, 5: 1896 (1896)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1896
Deciduous shrub to 1.5 m, with twiggy and brittle branches from a massive and partly exposed tuber. Leaves round, margin shallowly incised, roughly hairy, 1.5--2 cm diam. Flowers 3--5 on very short peduncles, c. 20 mm diam., purple; hypanthium c. 5 mm long, shorter than the pedicel. Mar.-May. Rocky places, NW (S Namibia to Tanqua Karoo).
Observations of Taxon
Pelargonium antidysentericum
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown