Pelargonium mossambicense Engl.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Plateau below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa

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Status:	Native
Description:	Decumbent, sprawling perennial herb with stems up to 1 m long. Most parts glandular hairy. Leaves sometimes apparently opposite, very broadly ovate, more or less 3-5-lobed; margin crenate, often tinted purple-red. Flowers in leaf-opposed or axillary, 2-5-flowered pseudo-umbels, white to pale pink with dark purple-red markings; spur 6-11 mm long.
Notes:	Though not listed in Kirkia 18-2 (Mapaura, 2002), it is apparently near Endemic.
Derivation of specific name:	mossambicense: of Mozambique
Habitat:	Among rocks in montane grassland and along the margins of evergreen forest.
Altitude range: (metres)	1700 - 2400 m
Flowering time:	Apr - Jun
Worldwide distribution:	Eastern Zimbabwe and Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
Growth form:	P
Endemic status:	Near Endemic
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Insects (whose larvae eat this species):	Cacyreus palemon palemon (Water bronze)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Friday 18 January 2008
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