Erodium
and California
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Clade I, Subclade 1
Subgenus Erodium
Clade I, Subclade 2
Subgenus Barbata
Clade II, Subclade 3
Clade II, Subclade 4
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Erodium toussidanum Guitt.
Annual; stem 0-
Leaves: leaves small, narrowly oval, almost trilobed and similar to those of E. Maritimum.
Inflorescence: Sepals with a blunt mucro.
Fruit: Rostrum 15-
2n=
Distribution: endemic to Toussidé (N Africa, Sahara, N W Chad) at 3000m in tufa, in front of extinct volcanic fumaroles which still emit water vapour.
Its mericarps with an awn with 4-