Pelargonium crispum
ζ*P. crispum (L.) L'Hér. ζ*, lemon-scented geranium, has been collected wild on the Port Hills, Christchurch and is frequently seen elsewhere on warm dry hillside slopes as a relic of cultivation. Occasionally shoots break off and regenerate but it is not fully naturalised. Since most plants of this commonly cultivated sp. have white-margined lvs, cv. 'Variegatum', they can be distinguished immediately from any other wild Pelargonium by this character. Sometimes, however, there is reversion to the green form. A small, rather compact, erect, lemon-scented subshrub, with stems quickly becoming brown; lvs reniform, ± 3-lobed, strongly crisped and undulate, with rough hairs; pedicel = or > calyx spur; corolla 16-22 mm long, pink; upper petals broad-obovate to oblong, with crimson markings. (South Africa, 1988" id="_ca2a044f-e839-4784-9d69-db531219eeff" />).
