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 crenatum Pomel.

Perennial, all parts little or not at all glandulous; stems large, leafy.

Leaves: Leaves grey-green, crenate, cordate at base, upper leaves little divided.

Inflorescence: bracts scarious, narrow, fused only at base, glabrous; sepals 3-5 nerved, with a mucro 1-2mm long; petals strongly oboval, pink, upper two faintly spotted at base.

Fruit: rostrum 40-60mm; mericarp awn has 13-15 turns; foveole small, oval, with no furrow. 2n=20

Distribution: endemic to N Africa: Morocco, incalcareous sands, between 800 and 1200 metres altitude.

Notes: close to E. nervulosum, but differs in having a shorter mucro, bracts narrow and only fused at base, upper leaves little divided.