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 heterosepalum Blatter
Annual. Stems to 11cm; stems few, retro-
Leaves: basal leaves few; petiole 1-
Inflorescence: Peduncles up to 3.5cm, usually 7 flowered; bracts 5, free, round, obtuse or subobtuse, glabrous, margin ciliate, c3 mm, membranous, pale; pedicels nearly 5mm long, filiform, in fruit not thickening; sepals oblong, 3 or 5 nerved, mucronate, up to 4x1 mm wide but varying, white margined and densely hairy; petals small, equal, purple, unspotted, shortly clawed, shorter than the sepals, rounded.
Fruit: Beak up to 3 cm long, covered in short hairs.
Distribution: endemic to Asia: Pakistan -
Notes: close to E. laciniatum