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 stevenii Bieb.

Perennial, dioecious; lower stem downward pointing bristly; stem ascending to 10-20cm.

Leaves: leaf outline ovate pale green, dissected, with intercalary leaflets; pinnae bipinnatifid; leaf segments oblanceolate, long narrow, obtuse, glabrescent or scarcely pubescent.

Inflorescence: Peduncles to 3 flowered; sepals 4-5mm, 6mm in fruit; mucro 2mm; petals oblong, emarginate, 2x sepal length, 8-9mm, white or light lilac.

Fruit: Beak 3cm; mericarp c.6mm.

Distribution: Georgia; endemic to Caucasus, pre-Caucasus environs of Stavropol; sand and sandy-stony soils and scree in sparse steppe vegetation.

Erodium stevenii; Andropovskiy rayon, Stavropol, Russia; May 21, 2019; Photo credit: demons1312; from iNaturalist.org; licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Erodium stevenii; Andropovskiy rayon, Stavropol, Russia; May 21, 2019; Photo credit: demons1312; from iNaturalist.org; licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Erodium stevenii; Andropovskiy rayon, Stavropol, Russia; May 21, 2019; Photo credit: demons1312; from iNaturalist.org; licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0)