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Pelargonium inquinans
Also called Scarlet Pelargonium, Scented Pelargonium, Scented Storksbill
Pelargonium inquinans is a small branched shrub from South Africa, one of the ancestors of the popular zonal geraniums. It is grown for its scarlet flowers and is easy to start from seed or cuttings.
Pelargonium inquinans, the scarlet geranium, is a species of plant in the genus Pelargonium (family Geraniaceae). It is a shrub endemic to South Africa, ranging from Mpumalanga to KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces. It is one of the ancestors of the hybrid line of horticultural pelargoniums, referred to as the zonal group. They can easily be propagated by seeds and cuttings.
The pelargonium with scarlet flowers grows in the Eastern Cape, Uitenhage, Albany and Caffirland, south of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
Indigenous people use crushed leaves for headache and influenza. They are also used as a body deodorant.
Sorrel Leaf Pelargonium · Hooded crane's bill · Large Flower Pelargonium · Sweet scented geranium · Zonal geranium · Butterfly Storksbill · Hanging geranium · Rasp-leaf pelargonium · Black Pelargonium · Night Scent Pelargonium · Grapeleaf geranium · Geranium
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pelargonium inquinans by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
