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 paui Sennen

Perennial herb.

Leaves 1.5-3 cm, oblong, pinnate, somewhat greyish on both surfaces, densely covered with mostly glandular hairs. Leaflets ovate, pinnatipartite, with ultimate segments lanceolate or linear-lanceolate; petiole densely hairy, short; stipules and bracts whitish.

Inflorescence: Umbels of 3-5 flowers; bracts lanceolate to ovate, slightly pubescent; peduncles 3-8 cm, sepals 6-10mm, densely hairy, glandular or eglandular; petals broadly ovate, 12mm; violet, the upper two larger and with a blackish basal patch.

Fruit: Rostrum 25-30 mm; mericarps 5-7 mm; foveoles densely glandular, without furrow at base.

Distribution: Pico Humion (Burgos), northern Spain.

Erodium paui;  Álava, España; photo credit: fermin_y_ana; from iNaturalist.org; licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0)