Horseshoe geranium
Pelargonium zonale (L.) L'Hér.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 99 cm
- wide
- —
Geraniaceae
Also called Horse-shoe Pelargonium, Horseshoe Storksbill, Horseshoe Pelargonium
Formerly Campylia variegata, Ciconium clarum, Ciconium cocciniflorum, Ciconium crenatum, and 23 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.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
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
- Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-NatalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 99 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Red, pinkRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Geranio de herradura, Novios
- Russian
- Пеларгония зональная
- Czech
- pelargonie páskatá
- Japanese
- モンテンジクアオイ
- Chinese (China)
- 马蹄纹天竺葵
- Chinese
- 馬蹄紋天竺葵, 马蹄纹天竺葵
- Lithuanian
- Juostuotoji pelargonija
- Afrikaans
- wildemalva
- Italian
- geranio zonale
- Turkish
- Kahverengili Yapraklı Sardunya
- French
- Pélargonium à feuilles zonées, Pélargonium zonal, Géranium zonal
- Slovak
- muškát krúžkovaný
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
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Pelargonium zonale (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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