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 janszii Aedo, Alarcon, Nazarro

Annual. Stems 5-50cm, hairy and with glandular hairs.

Leaves entire, 14 – 45mm long, triangular ovate usually trilobate, crenate. Stipules 0.3-6mm, triangular, membraneous, brownish, hairy and glandular

Inflorescence: Umbels axillary, 2-5 flowered, bracts 2-5, 2-5mm x 1.2-2mm, free, triangular membranaceous, brownish, with glandular hairs. Sepals 4-9mm (8-16mm in fruit) with glandular hairs, awn 0.7-1mm. Petals 7-11mm x 3.4-5mm, bluish violet, anthers dark brown

Beak large, 4.5-9cm; mericarp 7-1mm, foveole as long as wide,with crowded eglandular hairs and a few long stalked glands at awn base, with 1 furrow beneath.

Distribution: Open habitats on generally dry soils: New South Wales, Southern and Western Australia