Pelargonium is a genus of flowering plants which includes about 200 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly known as geraniums or storksbills. Confusingly, Geranium is the correct botanical name of a separate genus of related plants often called Cranesbills. Both genera are in the Family Geraniaceae. They are drought and heat tolerant, but can tolerate only minor frosts. Some species are extremely popular garden plants, grown as bedding plants in temperate regions.

Pelargonium acraeum commonly known as Horseshoe Pelargonium or Wildemalva is a South African indigenous species from the KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga Provinces. This pelargonium provides year-round colour to your garden. Pelargonium acraeum is a small shrub up to 1 m, or occasionally 2 m high. The stems are fairly herbaceous to succulent. The leaves are simple, kidney-shaped to circular, deeply lobed and covered with tiny velvety hairs. The stems are initially green but brown with age. The petals are pink with the posterior (upper) two a little shorter than the anterior (lower) three. This species has a long flowering season, from March to December, with definite peaks from April to June and again in the spring months.