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Pelargonium sidoides 

Kalwerbossie [Afrikaans]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Order: Geraniales > Family: Geraniaceae > Genus: Pelargonium

Occurs in dry, stony places in short grassland, from Uniondale (in southern Cape) through to Gauteng, South Africa. 

Pelargonium sidoides 

Pelargonium sidoides under cultivation in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Pelargonium sidoides   

Pelargonium sidoides under cultivation in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]