Pelargonium fragrans Willd.

Nutmeg-scented Pelargonium

Hairy woody subshrub to about 45 cm tall. Basal leaves broadly ovate, to 3.5 cm long, 4 cm wide, with 3-5 wavy and round-toothed lobes, blue-green, velvety, cordate, spicy-scented, reminiscent of pine and eucalyptus, stalk at least 3 cm long. Flower clusters of 4-8 flowers; spring to summer. Flowers with calyx reddish, spur about 1 cm long. Petals about 1 cm long, white, posterior petals spotted or red-veined. [P. ×fragrans Willd., P. fragrantissimum hort.]

This is a Scented-leaf Pelargonium.

Origin unknown

Long considered a cross, P. exstipulata × P. odoratissimum, as it is intermediate between these species and does not reliably set fertile seed. However, botanists now think it is probably a true species that is no longer found in the wild.

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.

Pelargonium fragrans 'Variegatum'

Leaves edged creamy yellow, becoming green with age. ['Snowy Nutmeg']

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