Pelargonium grossularioides (L.) L'Hér.

Coconut-scented Pelargonium

Low, spreading herb with reddish stems and long internodes, sometimes grown as an annual. Leaves rounded, lobed and toothed, to about 5 cm long, smelling of coconut and with long stalks. Flower clusters of numerous flowers. Flowers magenta, the 2 upper petals with dark blotches; spring to summer.

This is a Scented-leaf Pelargonium.

S and SE Africa

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