Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Erodium botrys Bertol. Amoen. Ital. 35. 1819
Leaf-blades mainly oblong, 1-9 cm. long, those of the basal leaves crenate, those of the
cauline pinnatifid, with the segments toothed or again pinuatifid ; stems bristly-hirsute ;
peduncles and pedicels glandular-hirsute ; sepals minutely awn-tipped, glandular-pubescent,
the outer 10.5-12 mm. long, or smaller in depauperate forms, the bodies oblong or nearly
so ; petals purple, surpassing the sepals ; style-column 6-10 cm. long ; carpel-bodies not
truncate at the top.
Type locality : Rome, Italy.
Distribution : California. "Naturalized from Europe.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
