Pelargonium cucullatum

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Read about Pelargonium cucullatum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Pelargonium cucullatum, Ait. (Geranium cucullatum, Linn.). Tall and shrubby plant, much branched, softly and densely villous: lvs. long- stalked, kidney - shaped and cupped or cucullate, denticulate, very soft- pubescent, the stipules ovate-acute and withering: fls. red or reddish, in many-fld. panicles, the pedicels and calices densely silky-hairy, the petals twice as long as the lance-acuminate sepals, the two larger ones about 1 in. long and 1/2in. broad, rounded or retuse at apex, red with darker veins. —"Very common round Capetown and in the western districts, where it is often used as an ornamental hedge- plant."—Harvey. Known in England from 1690, and the parent, with P. angulosum and probably others, of the fancy or show pelargoniums of gardeners. Probably not known in cult, in its pure or original form. CH


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