| Scientific Name: | Pelargonium graveolens |
| Common Name: | rose geranium, citronella geranium |
| Family Name: | Geraniaceae |
| Origin: | Africa |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as) |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Fragrance |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Dissected, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Palmate venation, Pubescent, Ovate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | White, Pink, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Achene, Schizocarp, Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves usually deeply incised leaves, soft to the touch, velvety, and strongly rose scented; flowers pale pink to almost white, mid summer to fall. | |