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Pelargonium sidoides

by Johan Wentzel

Pelargonium sidoides
Common Name
Rabassam
Plant Type
Perennial
Pelargonium sidoides is a rosette-like plant with crowded, velvety, heart-shaped and aromatic leaves. The flowers that are born on long, slender stalks and are a very dark purple, almost black, that is very unusual.
Plant Description

Pelargonium sidoides is a rosette-like plant with crowded, velevty, heart-shaped and aromatic leaves. The flowers that are born on long, slender stalks branched into two pseudo-umbels. They are a very dark purple, almost black,  that is very unusual.

Pelargonium sidoides forms an underground tuber that allows it to survive periods of drought. In cultivation it is evergreen. Interplant it with small grasses.

This specie is well-known for its medicinal value and a popular remedy for colds are made from it.

You may find stock of this plant at Random Harvest.

Afrikaanse Naam
Kalwerbossie
Hardiness
Very hardy
Position
Sun
Water Requirements
Water wise
Evergreen
Evergreen
Growth Rate
Fast
Flowering Time
All year
Flower Colour
Purple
Shape
Compact
Soil
Loam
Plant Size
50cm
Region
Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga
Habitat
Grassland
Grown by Wildflower Nursery
Yes

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