Pelargonium tomentosum Jacq.

Peppermint-scented Pelargonium

Low-growing shrubby plant. Leaves palmate, to about 6 cm long and 5 cm wide, with 3-5 triangular lobes and a particularly soft, velvety surface. Flower clusters with many-flowered branches. Flowers white, upper petals veined purple; spring to summer.

This is a Scented-leaf Pelargonium.

SW Cape of S 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.

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