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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Section Cicutaria, Subsection Acaulia
Erodium acaule (L) Becherer et Thell.
Carvifolium series
Erodium carvifolium Boiss. Et Reuter
Erodium castellanum (Pau)Guitt.
Erodium rupicola (Boiss.)Boiss.
Daucoides series
Erodium macrocalyx (G.López) López Udias, Fabregat & G.Mateo
Erodium aguilellae Lopez Udias, Fabregat & G. Mateo
Erodium astragaloides Boiss. Et Reuter
Sebaceum series
Erodium tordylioides (Desf.) Guitt.
Key to subsect Acaulia
1. Mericarps without an infrafoveolar furrow, or with only a narrow fold ………………………………………………………………………………………. 5
1. Mericarps with a furrow about half the foveole ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2
2. Foveoles glandular; petals spotted …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………… 4
2. Foveoles eglandular; petals one-
3. Leaflets dentate to pinnatifid; bracts joined and hairy; rostrum 35-
3. Leaflets pinnatisect; bracts free and glabrous; rostrum 30-
4. Rostrum 30-
4. Rostrum 45-
5. Foveoles glandular; plants on calcareous rock ……………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….. 9
5. Foveoles eglandular; plants on siliceous rock ………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………….……………… 6
6. Rostrum greater than 30 mm; mericarps 8-
6. Rostrum 25-
7. Rostrum 40-
7. Rostrum 30-
8. Rostrum 40-
8. Rostrum 40-
9. Leaflets small (1-
9. Leaflets large with acute divisions; petals pink or white, spotted; awn with 7-
10. Leaflets entire …………………………………………….…………….......…………...…..…………………………..……………………………………Erodium astragaloides
10. Leaflets more or less divided …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11
11. Sepals 13-
11. Without this character combination ……………………………………………………………………………….. 12
12. Pedicels more than 9; leaflets ovate, pinnatisect, with segments linear-
12. Pedicels less than 9; leaflets ovate to ovate-
13. Mericarps 5-
13. Mericarps 7-
14. Mericarps 7-
14. Mericarps 8-