![]() |
Pelargonium fissifolium (Andr.) Pers. | |
Home The Genus Some History The Sections Campylia Chorisma Ciconium Cortusina Glaucophyllum Hoarea Isopetalum Jenkinsonia Ligularia Myrrhidium Otidia Pelargonium Peristera Polyactium Reniformia Subsucculentia Sectionless Further Reading Links & resources PELARGONIUM NOTES |
Synopsis
Plantarum 2 (1806) 227.
Section Hoarea Habit Acaulescent geophyte. ![]() Leaves Lamina 25-70 mm long, elliptic to cordate. Variable: from simple, pinnately compound, irregularly bipinnatifid, pinnae 8-25 mm long. Glabrous to hirsute with long adpressed hairs. Petiole 2.5-7 cm, hirsute with long adpressed hairs interspersed with glandular hairs. Stipules adnate to petioles with free apices. Inflorescence Branched, with 2-5 pseudo umbels, each with 4-14 flowers. Peduncle 2-6 cm, hirsute with curly appressed hairs and long glandular hairs, pedicel ~0.5 mm. ![]() Sepals 5, lanceolate, posterior erect, others recurved. Hypanthium 28-65 mm. Petals Petals cream to pale yellow, posterior spathulate, apices obtuse to rounded with feather-like markings, 14-22 x 3.2-5.5 mm, anterior 11-18 x 2-4.5 mm. Stamens 5 fertile, posterior 2-3 mm, lateral two 3-4 mm, anterior two 5-6 mm. Distribution ![]() Habitat ![]() Not quite habitat, but excellent for a pint and heaps of history: Ye Olde English Pubbe in Matjiesfontein. The historic town is a good starting point for botanical explorations with a number of really interesting species frequently found just N of it: P. luteopetalum, P. moniliforme, P. stipulaceum, P. githagineum and many more. Most, if not all, populations resembling P. fissifolium north of Matjiesfontein and on the Roggeveld Plateau are in fact P. luteopetalum and the above distribution map, while based on Marais's Thesis, has been revised to reflect this. ![]() P. fissifolium at Ouberg Pass, 20 km NE of Montagu, where it grows on south-facing hillsides among lichens, in contrast to the photograph at the top, taken in the Karoo National Botanic Gardens near Worcester. Synonim floribundum (Andr.) R. Br. Note For a key to pinnate-leaved, cream to pale-yellow flowering hoareas with stamens shorter than sepals see the P. luteopetalum page. Literature E. M. Marais, Taxonomic Studies in Pelargonium, Section Hoarea (Geraniaceae), PhD Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, 1994. |
|
This
site and all subpages were created and are
maintained
by Matija
Strlic. All photos
©Matija Strlic unless
otherwise indicated, 2000-2017. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. ![]() ISSN 2464-014X. |