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Crowfoot geranium (Pelargonium radens)

Description

Pelargonium radens, the rasp-leaf pelargonium is a species of Pelargonium. It is in the subgenus Pelargonium along with Pelargonium Crispum and Pelargonium tomentosum.Pelargonium radens is an evergreen perennial plant, growing to up to 1.5-m (4-ft 11-in) high. It has deeply cut triangular scented gray-green leaves and in the summer bears clusters of small pink-purple flowers, followed by small curly-tailed brownish seeds. It is originally from the southern and eastern Cape,-South Africa, where it grows in ravines or gorges near streams or among shrubs on mountainsides

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Geraniales

            • Family: Geraniaceae

              • Genus: Pelargonium