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1. Lamina of basal leaves oblong, length 2-4 x width, segments laxly and deeply 2-pinnatifid into lanceolate acute laciniae; stems bearing 1-12 peduncles ………………………………….…….………….……….…………….……………………………….………………………………………….……………….………….. 2
2. Leaves densely canescent; stems grey with short, retrorsely adpressed hairs; flowers white, in June………..…….. Erodium absinthoides
2. Leaves greenish, adpressed-pilose; stems patently hirsute, often also bearing subsessile glands; flowers lavender-blue, in July to August …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Erodium armenum
2. Leaves green to grey-green, narrow leaf segments, ultimate segments narrow-linear; flowers pink, April to May, mucro long 1.5-2mm, beak 4.5 – 6cm ………………………….…………….……………………………….…………………………………………………………………………… Erodium elatum
1. Lamina of basal leaves ovate, length c. 1.5 x width, segments 1-2-pinnatifid into short obtuse laciniae or teeth; stems bearing 1-2 peduncles ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3
3. Segments deeply pinnatifid, subsericeous; flowers bright pink, June to July……………………………………………………………. Erodium latifolium
3. Segments lobed only to the middle, greenish; flowers white, July to August ………………………………………………………. Erodium haradjianii
Fig 1. This shows the distribution of E. absinthoides, E. armenum, E. latifolium and E. haradjianii in Turkey. E. armenum extends eastwards into Armenia and Azerbaijan. E. elatum is found to the west in the Balkans.
Erodium absinthoides Willd. (sens strict.) Leaves are silvery grey, narrowly oblong, length 2-4 times the width, with segments laxly and deeply bipinnate into lanceolate acute lobes, densely canescent. The flowering stems bear 1 to 12 peduncles of white flowers with notched petals in June. Sepals with a long mucro 2 - 2.8 mm; beak is 4 to 4.5 cm. Found at 100-1600 m, western central Turkey.
Erodium armenum (Trautv.)Woronow Leaves are grey-green, narrowly oblong, length 2-4 times the width, with segments laxly and deeply bipinnate into lanceolate acute lobes, adpressed pilose. The flowering stems bear 1 to 12 peduncles of lavender-blue flowers in July and August. Sepals with a short mucro; beak is 3.5 to 4 cm. Found at 2300-3200 m, eastern Turkey, Armenia and Georgia.
Erodium elatum (Form.) R.T.F. Clifton Leaves are grey-green, oblong, 2-3 pinnatisect, with ultimate segments narrow linear. The flowering stems bear peduncles of 4 to 8 pink to bluish-violet flowers in April and May. Sepals with a long mucro of 1.5 to 2 mm. The beak is long being 4.5 to 6 cm. Found above 1600 m, in Europe, in Bulgaria, Greece, Bosnia, Serbia and Macedonia.
Erodium haradjianii P.H.Davis Leaves are greyish, oblong-ovate, length 1.5 times their width, pinnatisect with segments lobed only to the middle, with short obtuse teeth. The flowering stems bear 1 to 2 peduncles of 3 to 6 white flowers in July and August. Sepals with a short mucro. The beak is short at 2.5 to 4.2 cm. Found 1500 to 2000 m, endemic to Turkey in one province Osmaniye in the north Amanos Mountains at Düldül Dag.
Erodium latifolium (Davis) R.T.F. Clifton Leaves are silvery, ovate, length 1.5 times their width, simply 1-2-pinnatifid, with short obtuse teeth, leaf surface is subsericeous. The flowering stems bear 1 to 2 peduncles of bright pink flowers in June and July. Found 2500 m, only found in one location on rough scree limestone in Turkey; province Trabzon.