Pelargonium grandiflorum
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Pelargonium grandiflorum, Willd. Shrubby, glabrous and glaucous: lvs. long-stalked, strongly 3-7-nerved from the top of the petiole, deeply 5-7-lobed, the lobes broad and sharp-toothed, the stipules ovate and mucronte: fls. about 3 on each peduncle, the stalk-like calyx-tube 3-4 times as long as the lanceolate segms., the obovate white petals (upper 2 with red lines) 3 times as long as calyx-segms.—A handsome and distinct species, probably not now in cult, in its pure form.Intro. to England in 1794. CH Now known as Pelargonium grandiflorum: Geranium grandiflorum, Edgrw. A thick-stemmed perennial about 10-16 in. tall, usually somewhat glandular, branched: lvs. long-petioled, the blade 5-parted and rotund in outline, the lobes irregularly toothed: fls. bunched at the apex of the branches, showy; petals spreading, pale lilac, the veins dark purple, about as long as the sepals. N.Asia. F.S.R. 1:54. Gn. 64, p. 184.—Suitable mostly for rockeries.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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