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 populifolium L’Her.

Caulescent perennial with a tuberous root; caudex 20-25 cm high, woody, 8-12mm thick.

Leaves: Leaves ovate, little divided, obtusely toothed, glabrous.

Inflorescence: Annual flowering stems with umbels of 9-14 flowers about 3.5cm across, petals pale rose, with veins, little or not spotted, upper petals slightly broader and shorter than lower; stamen filaments pink, hairy; anthers pale orange; flowers March to June.

Fruit: Beak 5-7 cm; mericarp 9-10 mm, with an infrafoveolar furrow; foveole eglandular; awn with 5-8 turns. 2n=20

Distribution: endemic to western Tunisia and Eastern Algeria, in maritime sands.