Geraniaceae
Apple geranium
Pelargonium odoratissimum
- Family
- Geraniaceae
- Genus
- Pelargonium
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- لقلقي شديد الرائحة, عتر, عطر عربي, عطرة
- arz
- لقلقى شديد الرائحه
- Chinese
- 碰碰香, 豆蔻入腊红, 香天竺葵, 非洲老鹳草
- dsb
- Wónjata pelargonija
- English
- Apple geranium, Scented geramium
- hsb
- Wonjata pelargonija
- Lithuanian
- Kvapioji pelargonija
- Macedonian
- Слаткарче, Итер
- Slovenian
- Muškatka
Synonyms
- Cortusina odoratissima Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Geraniospermum odoratissimum Kuntze
- Geranium africanum Cav.
- Geranium odoratissimum L.
- Geranium odoratum Burm.f.
- Geranium odoriferum G.Don
- Pelargonium odoratum Hoffmanns.
- Pelargonium odoriferum Sweet ex G.Don
- Pelargonium odorum Salisb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Apple geranium: Location taken: United States Botanic Garden. Names: Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) L'Her. ex [Soland.], Apple Geranium, Géranium, Geranio Malva, Geranio Odoros](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Pelargonium_odoratissimum_1zz.jpg)
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Apple geranium: Location taken: United States Botanic Garden. Names: Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) L'Her. ex [Soland.], Apple Geranium, Géranium, Geranio Malva, Geranio Odoros](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Pelargonium_odoratissimum_2zz.jpg)
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Apple geranium: Location taken: the United States National Arboretum, Washington D.C.. Names: Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) L'Her. ex [Soland.], Apple Geranium, Géranium, Gera](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Pelargonium_odoratissimum_3zz.jpg/500px-Pelargonium_odoratissimum_3zz.jpg)
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Apple geranium: Location taken: the United States National Arboretum, Washington D.C.. Names: Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) L'Her. ex [Soland.], Apple Geranium, Géranium, Gera](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Pelargonium_odoratissimum_4zz.jpg/500px-Pelargonium_odoratissimum_4zz.jpg)
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Apple geranium: Location taken: the United States National Arboretum, Washington D.C.. Names: Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) L'Her. ex [Soland.], Apple Geranium, Géranium, Gera](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Pelargonium_odoratissimum_3zz.jpg/1280px-Pelargonium_odoratissimum_3zz.jpg)
![Apple geranium: Location taken: the United States National Arboretum, Washington D.C.. Names: Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) L'Her. ex [Soland.], Apple Geranium, Géranium, Gera](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Pelargonium_odoratissimum_4zz.jpg/1280px-Pelargonium_odoratissimum_4zz.jpg)
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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.