Pelargonium zonale

Pelargonium zonale is a species of Pelargonium native to southern Africa in the western regions of the Cape Provinces, in the geranium family. It is one of the parents of the widely cultivated plant Pelargonium × hortorum, often called "geranium", "horseshoe geranium", "zonal geranium" or "zonal pelargonium".

This article is about a wild species found in southern Africa. For cultivated plants known as "zonal pelargoniums" or "zonal geraniums", see Pelargonium § Zonal Pelargoniums.

Pelargonium zonale
In South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Pelargonium
Species:
P. zonale
Binomial name
Pelargonium zonale
Synonyms
  • Ciconium clarum Hoffmanns.
  • Ciconium cocciniflorum Hoffmanns.
  • Ciconium densiflorum Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Ciconium leucanthum Hoffmanns.
  • Ciconium rosula Hoffmanns.
  • Ciconium stenopetalum Hoffmanns.
  • Ciconium zonale (L.) Hoffmanns.
  • Geraniospermum zonale (L.) Kuntze
  • Geranium marginatum Cav.
  • Geranium zonale L.
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