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 glaucophyllum (L.)L’Her.
Clade I; Subclade 1; Subgenus Erodium; Section Erodium
Perennial; root often swollen like a tuber, but well below ground, tubers elongate; glaucous subshrub to 50cm; stems branching
Leaves glabrescent or puberulent, almost yellowish green, entire, round crenate, rather thick, almost succulent.
Inflorescence: Flowering stems annual, branching, reaching 50cm, and bearing umbels of 3-
Fruit: Beak to 9.5cm, foveoles with 2 slight ridges; awn soft feather, hairs of equal length.
2n=20 Guitt. and Zohary
Distribution: endemic to N Africa, introduced to Southern Italy, France. Flowers spring, habitat : valleys about the Dead Sea, and Judean Wilderness to Sinai and Egypt; rather common in deserts especially in soils rich in gypsum: East Aegean Islands, Algeria, Crete, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Lebanon, Syria, Morocco, Tunisia
Erodium glaucophyllum, south-
Erodium glaucophyllum, south-
Erodium glaucophyllum, south-
Erodium glaucophyllum, south-