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Karoo geranium
Don't they look like geraniums? Or rather pelargoniums? That is because they are and because pelargoniums are indigenous to South Africa. I found these on a very wind-swept pass in the Karoo clinging to the side of the hill for all their life. Such a delicate and inoffensive little flower.
"The first species of Pelargonium known to be cultivated was Pelargonium triste, a native of South Africa. It was probably brought to the botanical garden in Leiden before 1600 on ships which stopped at the Cape of Good Hope. In 1631, the English gardener, John Tradescant the elder, bought seeds from Rene Morin in Paris and introduced the plant to England. The name Pelargonium was introduced by Johannes Burman in 1738, from the Greek πελαργός, pelargós, stork, because part of the flower looks like a stork's beak." (Wikipedia)
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Karoo geranium
Don't they look like geraniums? Or rather pelargoniums? That is because they are and because pelargoniums are indigenous to South Africa. I found these on a very wind-swept pass in the Karoo clinging to the side of the hill for all their life. Such a delicate and inoffensive little flower.
"The first species of Pelargonium known to be cultivated was Pelargonium triste, a native of South Africa. It was probably brought to the botanical garden in Leiden before 1600 on ships which stopped at the Cape of Good Hope. In 1631, the English gardener, John Tradescant the elder, bought seeds from Rene Morin in Paris and introduced the plant to England. The name Pelargonium was introduced by Johannes Burman in 1738, from the Greek πελαργός, pelargós, stork, because part of the flower looks like a stork's beak." (Wikipedia)
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