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 macrocalyx (G.López) López Udias, Fabregat & G.Mateo

Perennial herb, 8-13 cm.

Leaves up to 18 cm, oblong, pinnate, green. Leaflets ovate, pinnatisect, with segments linear-lanceolate. Stipules brown or whitish.

Inflorescence: Umbels of 7-12 flowers; bracts lanceolate to ovate, slightly pubescent; peduncles 10-25 cm, sepals 7-9 mm; petals 9-15 mm; light pink, upper two petals feathered dark purple.

Fruit: Rostrum 30-35 mm; mericarps 7-8 mm; foveoles with no furrow beneath. 2n=160?

Distribution: endemic to East Central Spain, Cuenca, on Sierra de Tragacete at 1600m

Erodium macrocalyx: mountains of Cuenca, Spain; Photo credit: Dyoke van Assum; from iNaturalist.org; licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0)