Erodium
and California
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Clade I, Subclade 1
Subgenus Erodium
Clade I, Subclade 2
Subgenus Barbata
Clade II, Subclade 3
Clade II, Subclade 4
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Erodium maculatum Salzm. ex C.Presl
Annual, plant suberect to procumbent, to 60cm.
Leaves pinnate, with deeply pinnatipartite leaflets and with no intercalary leaflets, with few or no glandular hairs.
Inflorescence: Flowers small; petals pinkish purple, unequal, obovate, the upper shorter and broader than the lower; upper 2 multi-
Fruit: mericarps with eglandular foveole, and furrow half the width of the foveole beneath, rostrum 20-
Distribution: in clay, and limestone-
First published in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 456 (1845)
Synonyms:
Erodium atomarium Delile ex Godr. Nomen Confusum description was of specimens of E. touchyanum which had been labelled as E. atomarinum.
Erodium primulaceum Welw. ex Lange in Index Seminum (C, Hauniensi) 1863: 4 (1864), nom. superfl.
Notes: sometimes reduced to a synonym of E. cicutarium, but is distinct. Flowers have unequal petals and are strongly marked, E. cicutarium has equal, narrow petals and little (2 spots) or not marked, leaflets are deeper and sharper cut. E. primulaceum is genetically isolated from related species -
Erodium maculatum; Photo credit: Dyoke van Assum: from the IGG Facebook Group, Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-