Autumn Pepper. Pelargonium dichondrifolium, Stalked Geranium, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Autumn is upon us but still there was a faint peppery smell in the air around this pretty, rather small-flowering Geranium. Sometimes it's called 'Black-pepper-scented Pelargonium'. Its leaves and flowers grow on relatively long stems; hence the more common name.
A synonym is Pelargonium cradockense; that's for the hills around Cradock in South Africa where it was first collected at about 1000 m altitude.
Autumn Pepper. Pelargonium dichondrifolium, Stalked Geranium, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Autumn is upon us but still there was a faint peppery smell in the air around this pretty, rather small-flowering Geranium. Sometimes it's called 'Black-pepper-scented Pelargonium'. Its leaves and flowers grow on relatively long stems; hence the more common name.
A synonym is Pelargonium cradockense; that's for the hills around Cradock in South Africa where it was first collected at about 1000 m altitude.