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 sebaceum Del.

Perennial herb; stems a short, stout, branching caudex terminating the taproot.

Erodium sebaceum; photographed near Kerrouchen (Middle Atlas); 24/04/2016; Photo credit: Abdelmonaim Bakali Homrani;  licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Leaves: Leaves up to20cm, green, soft hairy, pinnate; leaflets pinnatisect; leaves rather sticky due to the presence of glandular hairs.

Erodium sebaceum; photographed near Kerrouchen (Middle Atlas); 24/04/2016; Photo credit: Abdelmonaim Bakali Homrani;  licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Inflorescence: umbels of 9 to 16 flowers arise directly from the crown; peduncle slightly longer than the leaves and sticky with glandular hairs; flowers 2.5-3cm  across; petals narrowly obovate, unequal, white but tipped and veined pink, the 2 upper marked brown-red, lower three being merely stained at base; staminodes pink; stamen filaments pink; anthers purple; stigma purple; flowers March-June.

Erodium sebaceum; photographed near Kerrouchen (Middle Atlas); 24/04/2016; Photo credit: Abdelmonaim Bakali Homrani;  licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Fruit: fruit 4.5-5cm; mericarp c. 6-7 mm; foveole with one furrow below, both with few spherical glands; cotyledons hairy, one larger than the other, each with 1 notch in each side. 2n=20.

Erodium sebaceum; photographed near Kerrouchen (Middle Atlas); 24/04/2016; Photo credit: Abdelmonaim Bakali Homrani;  licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Distribution: endemic to Morocco; terrace pastures of medium mountains, in silicaceous terrain at 1200-1900m.