Erodium

and California

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Erodium

Classification

Species

Clade I, Subclade 1

Subgenus Erodium

 - Section Erodium

 - Section Oxyrynchia

 - stephanianum group

Clade I, Subclade 2

Subgenus Barbata

 - Section  Absinthoidea

Clade II, Subclade 3

 - cygnorum group

Clade II, Subclade 4

 - botrys group

 - Section Cicutaria,

   - Subsection Cicutaria

   - Subsection Acaulia

 - Section Malacoidea

   - Subsection Reichardia

   - Subsection Malacoidea

 - Section Foetida

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Literature and References

Notes

Erodium beketowii Schmalh.

Dioecious perennial herb, canescent, glandular; rhizome stout woody, tuft forming, stems15-30cm, erect, branching.

Leaves: Leaves about 100 mm long, green-grey due to appressed, glandular hairs, oblong bipinnate with intercalary lflets, lobed and cut, the pinnules narrowly linear.

Inflorescence: Umbels of 5-15 flowers about 16mm across, unblotched; sepal 9mm, with a mucro; petals lilac to mauve; stamen filaments red-pink; anthers red-pink; pollen orange; anthers red-pink; flowers July.

Fruit: rostrum 3-4 cm.

Distribution: endemic S.E. Ukraine, in rocky and gravely places, on outcrops along Kalmus & Kalchik Rivers.

Erodium beketowii; Tel'manivs'kyi, Donets'k, Ukraine; Apr 28, 2013; Photo credit: Davydova Anastasia; from iNaturalist.org; licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Erodium beketowii; Tel'manivs'kyi, Donets'k, Ukraine; Apr 28, 2013; Photo credit: Davydova Anastasia; from iNaturalist.org; licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0)