Geraniaceae
Sweet scented geranium
Pelargonium graveolens
- Family
- Geraniaceae
- Genus
- Pelargonium
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Common names
By language (25)
- aeb
- عطرشيّة
- Afrikaans
- Roosmalva, Malva
- Arabic
- لقلقي نفاذ, العطر, العطر العربي, بلارجونيوم, غرنوق لقلقي
- arz
- لقلقى نفاذ
- Bulgarian
- Дъхаво мушкато
- Chinese
- 香叶天竺葵, 香葉天竺葵, 玫瑰天竺葵
- csb
- Pôchnącô pelargoniô
- Danish
- Rosengeranium
- Dutch
- Rozenpelargonium, Rozengeranium
- English
- Sweet scented geranium
- Estonian
- Lõhnav pelargoon
- French
- Pélargonium à forte odeur
- Georgian
- Გერანი
- Greek
- Πελαργόνιο το βαρύοσμο, Αρμπαρόριζα
- Hebrew
- פלרגוניום חריף, גרניום לימוני, גרניום ריחני, פלרגון חריף, פלרגוניום ריחני
- hsb
- Róžowa pelargonija
- Hungarian
- Illatozó muskátli
- Japanese
- ニオイテンジクアオイ
- Persian
- شمعدانی عطری
- Polish
- Pelargonia pachnąca, Anginka, Pelargonia wonna
- Slovenian
- Rožnovin
- Swedish
- Rosengeranium, Doftgeranium, Doktor Westerlunds hälsoblomma, Pelargonium ×. graveolens
- Tajik
- Анҷибар
- Turkish
- Itır
- Ukrainian
- Пеларгонія духмяна
Synonyms
- Geraniospermum terebintaceum Kuntze
- Geranium asperum Poir.
- Geranium graveolens (L'Hér.) Thunb.
- Geranium radula Roth
- Geranium terebinthinaceum Cav.
- Hoarea intermixta Sweet
- Pelargonium asperum Ehrh. ex Spreng.
- Pelargonium intermedium R.Knuth
- Pelargonium terebinthinaceum Small
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.