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Erodium moschatum
Erodium moschatum
(L.) L'Hér. ex Ait.
Family:
Geraniaceae
musky stork's bill,
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musky stork's-bill
General Description
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Plant
: Annual, biennial; stem decumbent to ascending, 1-6 dm, short hairy
Leaves
: pinnately compound; lower 5-15 cm; blade > petiole, oblong to obovate, sparsely hairy, veins short-appressed-hairy; leaflets 11-15, lobed to shallowly divided, ultimate segments 1-4 mm wide
INFLORESCENCE
: umbel
Flowers
: bisexual; sepals 6-9 mm, tip glabrous; petals 10-15 mm, red-lavender; stamens 5, alternate 5 scale-like staminodes
Fruit
: Fruit: body 4-6 mm, indehiscent, fusiform, 1-seeded, base sharply pointed, top generally pitted, pit ± round, glandular, subtended by 1 furrow; style column 2-4 cm
Misc
: Open, disturbed sites; < 1500 m.
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