Pelargonium denticulatum Jacq.

Pine Geranium

Subshrub to over 1 m tall. Leaves broadly ovate in outline, to 7 cm long, 8 cm wide, deeply divided into narrow, flat, toothed segments, distinctly sticky and balsam- or pine-scented. Flower clusters of 6 flowers; spring to summer. Flowers pink, upper petals notched and purple-veined.

This is a Scented-leaf Pelargonium.

S Africa (Cape)

Source: Spencer, R.; Stockton, B. (2002). Pelargonium. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Pelargonium denticulatum 'Filicifolium'

Upper petals deeply cut. Leaves very finely divided.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Geraniales
family       Geraniaceae
genus        Pelargonium L'Hér.