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 corsicum Leman

Clade II; Subclade 4; Section Malacoidea; Subsection Reichardia

Habit: Perennial, sub-shrubby or cushion forming, to 300 mm across.

Leaves entire, oval, round toothed, canescent, hairy and decurrent.

Inflorescence: Annual flowering stems bear umbels of 2-4 white to pink flowers 20 mm across, petals unmarked.

Fruit: Beak 15mm. 2n=20

Erodium corsicum; Bonifacio, Corsica; May 5, 2021; Photo credit: Geolfrance, from iNaturalist.org; licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Erodium corsicum Corsica; Aug 2, 2021; Photo credit: Osoandino, from iNaturalist.org; licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Distribution: endemic to Corsica and Sardinia; on Corsica found on the central west coast and another colony at the extreme south, locations within a few km of the coast, at 40-50 m altitude in fissures of granite rocks exposed to the north; Sardinia on calcareous rocks near Bonifacio and the north of Sardinia.

Publication details: Leman, in Fl. Franç. ed. 3, 4: 842 1805.

Erodium corsicum; Bonifacio, Corsica; May 5, 2021; Photo credit: Geolfrance, from iNaturalist.org; licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0)