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

California

Literature and References

Notes

Erodium aytacii Yıld. & A.Doğru-Koca

Crisply canescent perennial; caudex very short, rarely clothed with old stipules; taproot bearing 1 or 2 fusiform tubers.

Leaves: leaf lamina 2.5-4.7 x 0.8-1.3 cm, oblong or ovate-oblong, usually pinnately lobed, rarely pinnatisect or undivided; lobes crenate; petiole 3-5 cm.

Inflorescence: flowering stems with no leaves or short leaves 0.5-1 cm long; bracts 4x1 cm, triangular or linear, greenish white, hirsute; peduncles crisply canescent; umbels with 5-8 flowers; calyx patently glandular pubescent; sepals 4-6 x 1-2 mm, oblong, glandular and hirsute; mucro 0.2 mm; petals 5-7 mm, glabrous, whitish pink; filaments white. April.

Distribution: hilly steppe, calcareous stony slopes, 1400-1500 m; Turkey, Malatya province.