Rose-scented Geranium
Pelargonium graveolens L'Hér.
- light
- Any light
- water
- —
- tall
- 30 cm
- wide
- 30 cm
Geraniaceae
Also called Rose-scented pelargonium, Rose-scent Storksbill, Sweet scented geranium
Formerly Geranium asperum, Geranium graveolens, Hoarea intermixta, Pelargonium citrosum, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Subshrub or shrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- E. Zimbabwe to E. Cape Prov.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Sun or shadeRead from RHS, one source
- Height
- 10 cm to 51 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Spread
- 10 cm to 51 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Flowers
- PinkRead from RHS, one source
- Coldest it survives
- 1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Geranio sudafricano de olor, Malva Rosa
- Chinese
- 香葉天竺葵, 香葉, 香草
- French
- Géranium-rose
- Russian
- Пеларгония ароматная
- Japanese
- ニオイテンジクアオイ
- Chinese (China)
- 香叶天竺葵
- Swedish
- rosengeranium
- Turkish
- ıtır, Gül Kokulu Sardunya
- Hebrew
- פלרגוניום חריף, גרניום לימוני
- Polish
- pelargonia pachnąca
- Slovak
- muškát omamný
- Arabic
- عطرشية, عطرة
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Pelargonium graveolens (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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