Pelargonium ×hortorum

Aromatic subshrub to c. 1 m high; stems almost succulent when young, densely clothed in short, soft hairs, sessile glands abundant. Leaves opposite or branch-opposed; lamina orbicular to reinform with cordate base, 3–7.5 cm long, 4–10 cm diam., velvety, often with a dark ring around the middle above; margin crenate; petiole 3–9 cm long. Umbels 10–50-flowered; peduncle to c. 30 cm long; pedicels to 8 mm long; sepals narrow- or oblong-elliptic, 4–10 mm long, obtuse, acute or apiculate, villous; sepal spur 5–35 mm long; petals broad-obovate, 10–15 mm long, usually red, sometimes white or pink. Fertile stamens 7. Mericarps more or less hispid.