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    What is the actual genus name of the plant most English and American gardeners know as the "Geranium?"

    Question #37223. Asked by lothruin. (Aug 06 03 9:47 PM)


    kristen17050

    Pelargonium.

    http://www.pelargonium.net/pelorger.html

    Aug 06 03, 10:27 PM
    lothruin

    Righto! Though both are members of the geranium family, the geranium and pelagoronium are two distinct species.

    Aug 07 03, 11:11 AM


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