Synonym: Otidia carnosum; Geraniospermum carnosum.
TaxonomyPelargonium triste is a member of the Subgenus Pelargonium otidia (Lindl.) Harv.
BotanyStems succulent, often stout and knobby, sometimes tuberous. Petioles or peduncles sometimes persistent. Leaves sometimes fleshy, entire, shallowly lobed, pinnately or bipinnately compound, deciduous, sometimes glaucous. Stipules small. Petals subequal, white, sometimes greenish, yellowish or pinkish, the posterior ones sometimes eared at base, hence the name. Flowers not scented, hypanthium always shorter than pedicel. Five fertile stamens, sometimes equal, staminodes shorter and almost equal. Inflorescence sometimes branched. This section is currently under revision, see publications of Becker M.
Subgenus Pelargonium otidiaadriaanii M. Becker & F. Albers
albersii M. Becker
alternans Wendl.
alternatim-pinnatum Wendl. ex Steud. syn. alternans Wendl.
anauris M. Becker & F. Albers
arthriticum Clifton syn. pachypodium J. P. Roux
brevipetalum N. E. Brown syn. parviflorum Wendl.
burmannianum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. carnosum ssp. ferulaceum (Cav.) M. Becker & F. Albers
carnosum (L.) L'Herit.
ceratophyllum L'Herit.
coralinum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. alternans Wendl.
crassicaule E. Mey. syn. carnosum (L.) L'Herit.
crithmifolium J. E. Sm.
dasycaule Haw. syn. ceratophyllum L'Herit.
dasycaulon Sims syn. ceratophyllum L'Herit.
dasyphyllum E. Mey.
eberlanzii Knuth nom. ill. syn. parviflorum Wendl.
ferulaceum (Burm. f.) Willd. syn. carnosum (L.) L'Herit.
ferulaceum var. polycephalum Harv. syn. polycephalum (Harv.) R. Knuth ex E. Mey.
hermansdorpense Knuth syn. humansdorpense Knuth
hospitans Dinter nom. nud. syn. albersii M. Becker
humansdorpense Knuth non satis cogn.
jacobii R. A. Dyer syn. klinghardtense Knuth
keeromsbergense M. Becker & F. Albers
klinghardtense Knuth
laxum (Sweet) G. Don
mammulosum Wendl. syn. carnosum (L.) L'Herit.
microphyllum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. syn. alternans Wendl.
munitum Burch. syn. crithmifolium J. E. Sm.
occultum Liekkio & Clifton syn. pachypodium J. P. Roux
onustifolium Clifton syn. laxum ssp. karooicum M. Becker & F. Albers
pachypodium J. P. Roux
paniculatum Jacq.
paradoxum Dinter nom. inval. syn. klinghardtense Knuth
parviflorum Wendl.
polycephalum (Harv.) R. Knuth ex E. Mey.
"rotundipetalum" Vorster syn. parviflorum Wendl.
sisonifolium Baker syn. carnosum ssp. carnosum (L.) L'Herit.
vassari Morris & Clifton syn. pachypodium J. P. Roux