Pelargonium × hybridum (L.) L'Hér.
Family: Geraniaceae
Common names (English):
Common names (English):
Garden geranium
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Shrub
Distribution:
Native of South Africa
Use: Ornamental.
Description:
Subshrubs, branchlets fleshy, tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, 5-7 cm across, orbicular to reniform, base cordate or truncate, unequally shallowly 5 lobed, lobule margins irregularly crenate, tomentose; petiole to 6 cm long. Peduncle to 15 cm long, tomentose; umbels many flowered; flowers 2.5-3 cm across, pedicels of bud pendulous, become erect in open flowers. Sepals 5, lanceolate, glandular-tomentose. Petals subequal, obovate, red, pink or white.