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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Geraniaceae (フウロソウ科) > Pelargonium spp. (テンジクアオイ)
Pelargonium L'Hér. (テンジクアオイ)P. crispum (P. J. Bergius) L'Hér. |
P. sidoides DC. (アフリカテンジクアオイ*) P. zonale (L.) Aiton (モンテンジクアオイ) P. × hortorum L. H. Bailey (ハナテンジクアオイ) |
Montenjiku-aoi (モンテンジクアオイ, 紋天竺葵), horseshoe pelargonium or wildemalva (Afrikaans)
somtimes called zonal geranium or zonal pelargonium for gardening |
Lifeform: shrub-like, perennial forb ≈ 30-80 cm tall Distribution: native to the west of Cape Province in the South Africa Habitat: sunny sites with well-permeable and neutral-slightly alkaline soils Synonyms: Geranium zonale L., formerly used Use: gardening → cultivars made by hybridization |
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[1-4] along a street to go Kanda myoujin Shrine near Ochanomizu Station, Tokyo, on December 15 2018.
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[1-3] in a small flower garden in N18/W4, North Ward, Sapporo, on October 31 2021.
Lemon-scented geranium Lifeform: shrub ≈ 70 cm tall |
Distribution: south Africa (Worcester to Bredasdorp in the Western Cape Province) Habitat: rocky lower mountain or hill slopes |
Use: gardening → cultivars |
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[1/2] in Bunbury, Western Australia, at February 7 2004. [3] on a small flower garden under a street tree in N12/E1, East Ward, Sapporo, on October 1 2019.
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[1-3] in front of JR New Kobe (Shin-Kobe) Station, western Japan, on March 17 2019.
Afurikatenjikuaoi (アフリカテンジクアオイ*, 阿弗利加天竺葵), African geranium, south African geranium or black pelargonium (* tentative) |
Distribution: south Africa Habitat: usually in short grassland and sometimes with shrubs and trees on stony soil |
Leaf: basal rosette of cordate leaves with a velvet texture and a few short trichomes on long petioles |
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[1-3] at Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022.
Hanatenjikuaoi (ハナテンジクアオイ, 花天竺葵), bedding geranium, fish geranium, horseshoe geranium or house geranium |
Hybrid: between P. zonale and P. inquinans Lifefform: short shrub |
Cultivars: > 2000 |
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[1-3] in the South Park of Kobe Port Island, western Japan, on March 15 2019. [4/5] in a flower garden on Lake Hill Farm, Toya, central Hokkaido, on July 10 2019.