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 sublyratum Sampaio

Weedy annual with a rosette and flowering stems with few leaves.

Leaves: Leaves with few leaflets, 3-9; leaflets dentate to pinnatisect, glandulose with capitate glands.

Inflorescence: Umbels of 5-7 flowers: petals white to rose, not spotted; nectaries greenish; staminodes glabrous; stamen filaments hairy; pollen orange.

Fruit: Rostrum 2.5-3.5cm; foveoles well marked, eglandular and without furrow; awn with 7-9 turns

2n=20 Guitt.

Distribution: endemic to Portugal; Braganza in cork oak forest.

Notes: Genetically isolated: will not cross with moschatum, cicutarium, salzmannii, touchyanum, primulaceum

Erodium sublyratum between Mirandela and Mogadouro, Bragança District, Portugal. Photo by Janet Coultrup 1993

Erodium sublyratum in cultivation in Marie Addyman’s Collection at Hampton Court Show 08/07/1993