Erodium flexuosum

Leaves: Basal leaves 3-pinnatisect, held close together; leaf outline ovate, obtuse, 20-30 mm long and 12-16 mm wide, densely covered in short glandulose hairs, green; pinnae close, 6-8 jugate, nearly to the base in oblong obtuse bipinnatisect pinnules divided; rachis between pinnae narrowly but obtusely lobulate; petioles 1.5-2x lamina length, glandulose pubescent; stipules of basal leaves lanceolate, brown, long ciliate, c4 mm long.

Inflorescence: Annual flowering stems decumbent, simple, 20-50 mm long, with retrorse hairs, glandulose, with 1 or 2 thin peduncles; peduncles 10-30 mm, procumbent, with the pedicels glandulose hairy; umbels of 4-7 flowers; bracts several, narrow; sepals obovate, equal; petals twice as long as calyx, white?

Fruit: rostrum 40-50mm.

Distribution: Persia, Kurdistan: Armenia, Turkey: province Erzerum at Tech Dag: prov Erzincan at Kechich Dag (Kesis Dag): prov Amasya on Ak Dag