Pelargonium peltatum

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pelargonium peltatum, Ait. (Geranium peltatum, Linn.). Plant With slender-jointed more Or less zigzag angled sts. which are glabrous or very nearly so (except at the top) : lvs. glabrous or minutely pubescent, fleshy, the petiole inserted just inside the margin at the base, about 5-nerved and with 5 short wide mostly obtuse main lobes and often with smaller minor lobes or angles and notches, the margins very entire: peduncle very long, originally 4-8-fld., but now bearing many greatly modified fls., the calyx-tube slender and stalk-like, often longer than the pedicel and 2-3 times longer than the pointed nerved and mostly ciliatelobes; petals twice as long as calyx-lobes, red- to white or purplish, the 2 upper ones erect and purple-blotched or striped, the 3 lower ones usually smaller and not marked and separated from the upper as if the fl. were 2-lipped. B.M. 20.—Parent of the ivy-leaved geraniums, now much improved and varied. Prized for baskets. There are forms with double fls. and colors of various kinds. It is a most desirable plant and very floriferous in most of the garden sorts. In the wild there are the following forms: Var. glabrum, Harv. Calyx and foliage glabrous: fls. purplish pink. Var. scutatum, Harv.-(P. scutatum, Sweet). Calyx villous: lvs. glabrous. Var. clypeatum, Harv. (P. clypeatum, Steud.). Calyx and lvs. soft pubescent. P. lateripes, L'Her. (P. hederae- folium, Salisb.), has lvs. cordate, not peltate. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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