Geranium wakkerstroomianum

Geranium wakkerstroomianum, commonly the white geranium and previously scientifically G. ornithopodon var. album, is a straggling perennial that reaches 1 m in height and often forms clumps. The plant grows a thick and woody taproot and the stems are white-haired.

The leaves are divided over halfway to the base into five, sometimes only three or four toothed lobes. The marginal teeth are sometimes angular. The blades are sparsely hairy above, variably hairy below. Leaf diameter is about 9 cm and some petioles are longer than 30 cm.

The species distribution is in the east of South Africa, from the Eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State and Mpumalanga, as well as in some neighbouring states.

The habitat is forest margins, marshy spots and sheltered rocky outcrops. The habitat population is deemed of least concern early in the twenty first century (Manning, 2009; Pooley, 1998; iNaturalist; http://redlist.sanbi.org).