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

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Literature and References

Notes

Erodium carolinianum Aldasoro & Al.

A sprawling to nearly erect perennial with a thick fleshy tap-root; stems to 600mm, covered in soft glandular hairs.

Leaves: are deeply 3-lobed but not to the midrib and small, to 20mm long but up to 40mm wide.

Erodium carolinianum; Maralinga Tjarutja, South Australia, Australia; Sep 8, 2017; Credit: Dr Manfred Jusaitis, from iNaturalist (CC BY-NC)

Inflorescence: Umbels with (1-) 3-5 flowers,  sepals with long glandular hairs; petals 12 mm, blue, veined red with a red base; anthers and stigma red, filaments are the same length as the stamens, flower buds rounded and furry; beak 60-100(-120) long; mericarps with a white-brown covering, foveole wider than long.

Distribution: South Australia, mostly around the lakes, but occasionally from Alice Springs: extra-tropical S Australia in open habitats.