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IVY-GERANIUM [1 record]

Record 1 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A common cultivated trailing south African plant (Pelargonium peltatum) with peltate to nearly orbicular leaves and usually rosy carmine flowers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Une deuxième espèce, très fréquemment cultivée, et dont les branches abondantes décorent les balustrades des balcons et des terrasses, est celle qu'on nomme Géranium-lierre (Pelargonium lateripes = P. peltatum ou P. hederaefolium), originaire aussi du Cap de Bonne-Espérance. Il a des tiges couchées ou ascendantes, articulées-noueuses, fragiles et frêles; les feuilles alternes peltées-anguleuses, vert vif, montrent une tache en forme de couronne de couleur brun-rougeâtre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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