Accession Data

Pelargonium oblongatum

Family: Geraniaceae

Country of Origin: South Africa (near Komaggas, Northern Cape)

Description: Geophyte with large tubers, hairy undissected leaves. Pale yellow flowers in late spring pollinated by long-tongued flies in the family Bombyliidae. One of the flowers in Florent Grenier's White Pollination Guild.

Accession Data

Accession #: 201100270

Accession Date: 2011-10-19 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2204

Quantity: 2

Source: Jones lab

Provenance: near Komaggas, Northern Cape, South Africa. Seed from wild collected tubers in Jones lab collection.

Culture: Strictly winter-growing; dormant from April until November here in Connecticut. Soil should be kept moist during active growth, otherwise dry with occasional light watering.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: rosids

Order: Geraniales

Family: Geraniaceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, October 14, 2016.
  2. Pelargonium oblongatum at WikiSpecies. Last accessed on Friday, October 14, 2016.

Images

Pelargonium oblongatum