Erodium

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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 elatum (Form.) R.T.F. Clifton (syn. E. abs. subsp. balcanicum (Micevski) Greuter & Burdet).

The whole plant is covered with simple eglandular and glandular hairs.

Leaves: This has green to grey-green leaves which are oblong and 2-3 pinnatisect, with narrower leaf segments, with ultimate segments narrow linear.  

Inflorescence: Flowering stems ascending with umbels of 4 to 8 pink to bluish-violet flowers, with rounded petals, flowering early, in April and May. Sepals have a long mucro of 1.5 to 2 mm. The beak is long being 4.5 to 6 cm.

Distribution: This species is found in Europe, in Bulgaria, Greece, Bosnia, Serbia and Macedonia among rocks on stony calcareous ground above 1600 m.