Garden Geranium (Pelargonium alchemiloides)

Scientific name:	Pelargonium alchemiloides (L.) L’H�r.
Common Name:	garden geranium
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Habitat:	Found in South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia in open grassland among rocks – 800 – 2,000 m (Exell et al 1963). Found in South Africa in climate ranges from Mediterranean in southwest to temperate in interior plateau and subtropical in northeast. Found in southwestern Western Australia along a roadside and in peppermint woodland (Agonis flexuosa) in a patchy distribution on sandy coastal soil. Average annual rainfall is 1,000 mm. (CRC for Australian Weed Management 2003).