Pelargonium mossambicense Engl.

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Plateau below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa

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Status:	Native
Description:	Decumbent, sprawling perennial herb with stems up to 1 m long. Most parts glandular hairy. Leaves sometimes apparently opposite, very broadly ovate, more or less 3-5-lobed; margin crenate, often tinted purple-red. Flowers in leaf-opposed or axillary, 2-5-flowered pseudo-umbels, white to pale pink with dark purple-red markings; spur 6-11 mm long.
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Derivation of specific name:	mossambicense: of Mozambique
Habitat:	Among rocks in montane grassland and along the margins of evergreen forest.
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Flowering time:	Apr - Jun
Worldwide distribution:	Eastern Zimbabwe and Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Endemic status:	Near Endemic
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Insects associated with this species:	Cacyreus palemon palemon (Food plant)
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Content last updated:	Friday 18 January 2008
Literature:	Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 87. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 54. Mueller, T. (1963). Geraniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 144 - 145.

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