Black Pelargonium

Pelargonium sidoides

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:36 a.m.	Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Medicinal Sun Perennial Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	Sun Perennial Egoli Granite Grassland

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) Nicola van Berkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Nicola van Berkel source
• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) Karel du Toit (+2782 4928291), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Karel du Toit (+2782 4928291) source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) Nicola van Berkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Nicola van Berkel source
• (c) Gigi Laidler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gigi Laidler source
• (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by desertnaturalist source
• (c) Felix Riegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Felix Riegel source
• (c) martha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by martha source
• (c) Sibahle Precious Gumede, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sibahle Precious Gumede source
• (c) hkennedy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Brendan Cole, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Brendan Cole source