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 tocranum Guitt. et Le Houerou

Weedy annual.

Leaves: Leaves divided, leaflets entire to pinnatipartite

Inflorescence: Flowers pink, petals narrow obovate, unmarked; staminodes glabrous; stamen filaments glabrous; pollen yellow; stigma green-yellow

Fruit: rostrum 4-6cm; mericarp 5-6mm; foveole eglandular, with a furrow less than half the width of the foveole. 2n=60 Guitt.

Distribution: endemic to Libya on red limestone rocks.

Notes: close to E. praecox, but the two have fertility barriers.