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true storksbills
Pelargonium
Pelargonium () is a genus of flowering plants commonly called geraniums, pelargoniums, or storksbills. It includes about 280 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs. Taxonomist Carl Linnaeus originally included all the species of Pelargonium and Geranium under the latter name. In 1789, Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle separated them into two genera.
While Geranium species are mostly temperate herbaceous plants, dying down in winter, Pelargonium species are evergreen perennials indigenous to warm temperate and tropical regions of the world, with many species in southern Africa. They are drought and heat tolerant but can tolerate only minor frosts. Some species are extremely popular garden plants, grown as houseplants and bedding plants in temperate regions. They have a long flowering period, with flowers mostly in red, orange, or white, but intensive breeding has produced a huge array of cultivars with great variety in size, flower colour, leaf form and aromatic foliage.
26 branches of this group, most-observed first
rose-scented geranium
speciesPelargonium capitatum
wild mallow
speciesPelargonium cucullatum
Rose-scented Geranium
speciesPelargonium graveolens
Camphor Storksbill
speciesPelargonium betulinum
Heartleaf Storksbill
speciesPelargonium cordifolium
Sticky Storksbill
speciesPelargonium scabrum
Oak-leaved geranium
speciesPelargonium panduriforme
balm-scented pelargonium
speciesPelargonium glutinosum
Lemon-scented Geranium
speciesPelargonium crispum
Lemonbalm Storksbill
speciesPelargonium citronellum
currantleaf storksbill
speciesPelargonium ribifolium
Peppermint-scented geranium
speciesPelargonium tomentosum
oak-leaved geranium
speciesPelargonium quercifolium
Rasp-leaf pelargonium
speciesPelargonium radens
Rose-camphor Storksbill
speciesPelargonium englerianum
Dollrose Storksbill
speciesPelargonium hermanniifolium
grapeleaf geranium
speciesPelargonium vitifolium
butterfly pelargonium
speciesPelargonium papilionaceum
Hispid pelargonium
speciesPelargonium hispidum
Toothy Storksbill
speciesPelargonium denticulatum
Pelargonium scabroide
speciesPelargonium scabroide
Pelargonium pseudosetulosum
speciesPelargonium pseudosetulosum
Greyton pelargonium
speciesPelargonium greytonense
Rose Storksbill
hybridPelargonium × asperum
Pelargonium sublignosum
speciesPelargonium sublignosum
Pelargonium pseudoglutinosum
speciesPelargonium pseudoglutinosum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 719975.