The Geranium Family

Hybrid Zonal Pelargonium Rose-scented Pelargonium Mallow-leaved Stork's-bill Hybrid Zonal Pelargonium



Geranium Family - Geraniaceae

     Erodium neuradifolium

Native in the Canary Islands and across North Africa to the Middle East and Asia Minor. A very variable species, especially in the leaf lobing, but usually deeply lobed and with greyish-white hairs.

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Mallow-leaved Stork's-bill      Erodium malacoides

Widespread and common throughout the Mediterranean Region and eastward to the Middle East and Asia Minor. Possibly native in the Canary Islands but probably also introduced and most frequently found as a weed of cultivation and in urban and suburban habitats.

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Glandular hairy sepals


Three-lobed Stork's-bill      Erodium chium

Native to Macaronesia and patchily through the Mediterranean Region.

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Rose-scented Pelargonium      Pelargonium capitatum

Native to South Africa and widely introduced elsewhere as a garden and amenity ornamental. Commonly planted in amenity areas and on roadsides in Fuerteventura.

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Ivy-leaved Pelargonium      Pelargonium peltatum

Native to South Africa and widely introduced elsewhere as a garden and amenity ornamental. Has a trailing habit so often grown in hanging baskets or over walls.

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Hybrid Zonal Pelargonium      Pelargonium x hybridum

Horticultural variants, raised in cultivation from original South African plants. A common and very popular garden and amenity plant throughout the warm temperate regions of the world.

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