Pelargonium grossularioides
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Genus: | Pelargonium |
| Species: | P. grossularioides
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Pelargonium grossularioides is a species of geranium known by the common names gooseberry geranium and coconut geranium. It grows primarily in the subtropical biome and is native to Cape Provinces, Free State (province), KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, and Tristan da Cunha.[1] It is known in coastal California, Kenya, and parts of India as an introduced species.[1][2] It is sometimes grown as a garden geranium.
Its common names come from the resemblance of the leaves to those of gooseberry and from the coconut scent of the leaves.[3]
An annual or occasionally perennial, it has sparse, short hairs and a prostrate or sprawling habit. The leaves are round to broadly ovate, lobed, with the edges coarsely toothed. The inflorescence is an umbel of 3 to 50 flowers in pink to rose-purple. Each flower has five narrow petals no more than 6 millimeters long.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Pelargonium grossularioides". Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Pelargonium grossularioides (L.) L'Hér". World Flora Online. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Pelargonium grossularioides". Promesse de fleurs. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Pelargonium grossularioides". The University and Jepson Herbaria University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Flora of North America species comparison". Flora of North America. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
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