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 pulverulentum (Cav.)Willd.

Annual; stems thin, rather pink.

Leaves: Leaves small, kite shaped in outline, sinuate-pinnatifid or slightly cut, grey-green; upper leaves pinnatipartite.

Erodium pulverentulum at Amguel, Algeria; Photo credit: Sébastien Sant; from iNaturalist.org; licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Inflorescence: Umbels of 3-5 flowers; bracts 2-4, free, narrow and ciliate; flowers about 7mm across, mauve; sepals crisp hairy, nearly muticous; stamen filaments pink; anthers pink; pollen yellow; stigma deep pink.

Fruit: Beak 3.5-4cm. 2n=20

Distribution: described from Spain, Ontiloba; now found to occur in arid Mediterranium-climate zones including Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, etc. to Israel.

Erodium pulverentulum; Eilat Mountains, Israel, March 20, 2013; Photo crdit: Gideon Pisanty; Licenced under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0)