Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.
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L'Hér.
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(L.) L'Hér.
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Pelargonium peltatum
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Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.
Long-trailing or scrambling herb; stems with retrorse appressed hairs. Lvs peltate; stipules large, oblong-ovate, ovate, or broad-ovate; petiole generally < blade. Lamina to c. 8 × 10 cm, usually 5-lobed 1/4-⅓ way to midrib, the lower lobes sometimes with small basal secondary lobe, semi-succulent, glabrous or nearly so above, often with small dark zone above near petiole insertion; veins beneath hairy, especially on young lvs; margins red, ciliate. Umbels usually 3-7-flowered, eglandular; peduncles to c. 40 cm long, with retrorse hairs; pedicels 0.3-1 cm long; bracts forming an involucre. Sepals 12-14 mm long, 4 lanceolate, 1 narrow-ovate, reddish or purplish, densely hairy or glabrate; calyx spur 0.8-1.5 cm long. Corolla usually pale to deep pink, sometimes mauve, often semi-double (petaloid staminodes); upper 2 petals (1.5)-2.2-3 cm long, obovate; claw with median white band bordered by dark crimson line; limb rounded, truncate or slightly emarginate; lower 3 petals smaller and without claw markings. Ovary and lower part of style villous; style and stigma pink or mauve. Mericarps not seen.
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Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.
Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.
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a36014b9-5647-4158-b1c8-259165d5530b
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1 January 2000