Family: Geraniaceae
Erodium angustilobum
Citation:
Carolin, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 94:212 (1970).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Ascending annual herb to 40 cm high; stems pubescent with arcuate retrorse simple hairs; leaves ovate to elliptic in outline, to 4 cm long, deeply pinnately lobed with 6 or rarely 4 lateral lobes; the lobes dentate; petiole to 7 cm long.
Flowers in umbels of 2-6; pedicels to 15 mm long, pubescent with white recurved simple hairs; sepals elliptic to narrow-oblong, to 9 mm long, pubescent with short simple white retrorse-appressed hairs; petals blue or rarely pinkish, slightly longer than the sepals; stamen filaments lanceolate, to 4 mm long; staminodes about half as long.
Mericarps to 7 mm long, covered with long spreading stiff hairs; awn to 7 cm long, with 2 pits at the base and 2 concentric folds beneath each pit.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: June — Sept.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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