(Imported from text file) |
(Imported from text file) |
||
| (One intermediate revision by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
Photographed at [http://www.tekaingamarire.co.nz/ Te Kainga Marire Gardens] at Spencer Place, January.<br /> | Photographed at [http://www.tekaingamarire.co.nz/ Te Kainga Marire Gardens] at Spencer Place, January.<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Geranium sessiflorum Nigrescens -008.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
The 1 cm flower[ | The 1 cm flower[[File:Geranium sessiflorum Nigrescens -003.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
[[File:Geranium sessiflorum Nigrescens -006.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
[[File:Geranium sessiflorum Nigrescens -011.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
[ | |||
The underside of the leaf<br /> | The underside of the leaf<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Geranium sessiflorum Nigrescens -004.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] <br /> | ||
<br /> | <br /> | ||
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | ||
Latest revision as of 13:47, 24 September 2019
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
(Unranked): Eudicots
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species: Geranium sessiflorum subsp. novae-zelandiae var. novae-zelandiae, simply called Geranium sessiflorum
Common name: Geranium sessiflorum Nigrescens. The bronze leaf cultivar name of Geranium sessiflorum is Nigrescens is now being adopted.
Geranium sessiflorum is a perennial herb found on the North, South and Stewart Islands of New Zealand on stony, open ground, alpine tussock and coastal sands.
In dry soils, it can grow into a 15cm patch and only 4 cm high but in moist condition can grow up to 15 cm high.
It has a deep taproot with a single or branch tufts of foliage. The 1-2 cm leaves are kidney-shaped and lobed around the margins. The small 1cm flowers are white.
Photographed at Te Kainga Marire Gardens at Spencer Place, January.
The 1 cm flower
The underside of the leaf
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
