Botany Photo of the Day Pelargonium carnosum

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Fleshy-stalk pelargonium is a drought-deciduous succulent native to South Africa and Namibia. How fleshy is the stalk? Very. Unlike any other member of the Geraniaceae I am familiar with, the fleshy twigs of Pelargonium carnosum can be “eaten as a snack“. This prompted me to question the edibility of the geranium family in general. I […]

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