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

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Literature and References

Notes

Erodium alnifolium Guss.

Annual herb with well-developed stems.

Leaves: Leaves very broadly ovate, entire or trilobate, somewhat pleated in appearance.

Inflorescence: Umbels of 5-10 flowers, about 5 mm across, pink with no markings; sepal with mucro 1-2 mm, prolonged with long hairs; anthers purple; pollen orange; stigma purple.

Fruit: rostrum 15-20 mm; mericarp c 4 mm; foveole large, deep, quadrangular, without a furrow; awn with 4-6 turns on the spiral. 2n=20

Distribution: circum Mediterranean: Algeria, Italy, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Tunisia, and introduced into France.

Notes: Similar to E.malacoides but is autogamous and intersterile with E.malacoides: E. malacoides has a furrow beneath the foveole. Erodium chium can be separated by its longer rostrum -  30-50(70) mm.