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 chevallieri (Chev.)Guitt.

Annual or biennial with a swollen fusiform tuber-like root: like E. glaucophyllum but stems, petioles, peduncles and pedicels pubescent.

Leaves entire, lamina leathery and densely tomentose, oval with a flat or slightly heart-shaped base, crenate, basal leaves about 2cm long on petiole of 4-5cm.

Inflorescence: Several more or less unbranched long thin stems 10-20 or 30cm, probably usually prostrate, few leaved, stem leaves nearly sessile, with axillary peduncles of 2-4 flowers; sepals 5mm, pedicel & sepal back may be white-pruinose; petals small, just longer than sepals, pink or white, veined pink, silvery with long hairs; (flowers like E. Glaucophyllum.)

Fruit: Mericarp; foveole with slight ridge in middle, without hairs; awn with long soft hairs, feathery; beak 8cm including carpel of 8mm. Erodium type pollen

Distribution: endemic to Saharan Algeria, Ouargla , El Golea; probably edges of N Sahara to Egypt and Arabia.