Pelargonium × hortorum
| Pelargonium × hortorum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Genus: | Pelargonium |
| Species: | P. hortorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pelargonium hortorum L.H.Bailey[1] | |
Pelargonium x hortorum (also called garden geranium, zonal geranium, malva or malvón) is a nothospecies of Pelargonium most commonly used as an ornamental plant. Availability includes the usual nursery "seed-grown" and the "cutting grown" types, which can easily be grown at home by cutting and planting side branches. These are stocky, large with double flowers.