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Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.

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Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.
Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L'Hér.
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(L.) L'Hér.
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Pelargonium peltatum

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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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Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.
Chile
Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.
New Zealand
Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'Hér.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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a36014b9-5647-4158-b1c8-259165d5530b
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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