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

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Literature and References

Notes

Erodium reichardii (Murr.) DC

Clade II; Subclade 4; Section Malacoidea; Subsection Richardia

Perennial, prostrate, spreading herb; plants in the wild appearing stemless – stems below ground level.

Leaves 0.5-1.8 x 0.4-1 cm, green, glabrescent or sparsely hairy, entire and crenate/coarsely toothed, and cordate; petiole 2-3cm; stipules 1-2.5mm, triangular lanceolate, glabrous, brown.

Inflorescence: Inflorescence with nearly always 1, very occasionally with 2 flowers; bracts 2, 1.2-2.5mm, free, glabrous or ciliate towards the base, brown; pedicel with appressed or spreading hairs; sepals 2.3-3.5mm, with eglandular hairs on the abaxial surface; mucro 0.1-0.2mm; petals 4-7mm, white or slightly pinkish, usually with purple veins; nectaries yellow-green; staminodes whitish, glabrous; stamen filaments whitish, glabrous; anthers pink; pollen yellow; stigmas whitish-yellow. Flowers April to August.

Fruit: fruit 10.2-13.7mm; mericarp 2.5-3mm, brown; foveole with subsessile glands, without a furrow. 2n=20

Distribution: endemic to Balearic islands, Gorge Blau, Massanella, Cap Formentor, damp rocks in sight of the sea (fresh water springs keep the rocks damp), 20-1400m.