Pelargonium inquinans

Pelargonium inquinans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Pelargonium
Species:
P. inquinans
Binomial name
Pelargonium inquinans
(L.) L'Hér. (1789)
Synonyms
  • Ciconium cerinum Sweet (1823)
  • Ciconium inquinans (L.) Hoffmanns. (1824)
  • Ciconium lavaterifolium Eckl. & Zeyh. (1835)
  • Ciconium urenifolium Eckl. & Zeyh. (1835)
  • Geraniospermum inquinans (L.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Geranium inquinans L. (1753)
  • Pelargonium cerinum DC. (1824)
  • Pelargonium lavaterifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) F.Dietr. (1837)
  • Pelargonium urenifolium (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. (1840)

Pelargonium inquinans, the scarlet geranium, is a species of plant in the genus Pelargonium (family Geraniaceae). It is a shrub endemic to South Africa, ranging from Mpumalanga to KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces. It is one of the ancestors of the hybrid line of horticultural pelargoniums, referred to as the zonal group. They can easily be propagated by seeds and cuttings.

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