Erodium sanguis-christi, Sennen

8. E. maritimum (L.) L’Hér. View in CoL in Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 416 (1789).

Annual or biennial; stems up to 20 cm, hairy. Leaves 0-5-2-5 cm, mostly basal, broadly ovate, obtusely dentate or pinnatifid. Flowers solitary, rarely in pairs; bracts ovate, brown; pedicels with appressed, often glandular hairs. Sepals 3-4-5 mm; petals 3 mm or less, pink or white, very often absent. Mericarps 3 mm, with short, brownish hairs and a few longer hairs near the apex; apical pits deep, usually eglandular, with a pronounced furrow at the base, delimited by a high, narrow ridge. Beak c. 10 mm. 2« = 20. Dry places, usually near the sea. N. W. Europe, from N. W. France to S. W. Scotland; W.C. Mediterranean region; one station in N. W. Spain. Br Co Ga Hb Hs It Sa Si. Outside Europe known only from Tenerife and a small island off Tunisia.

9. E. sanguis-christi Sennen View in CoL , Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon nov. ser., 72: 12 (1926).

Annual, at first acaulescent, but sometimes with procumbent, leafy flowering stems later. Leaves 1-1-5 cm, oblong-lanceolate, pinnatifid to pinnatisect with obtuse, suborbicular lobes, usually with one pair of free leaflets at the base, greyish with appressed hairs on both surfaces and with sessile, vesicular glands beneath. Flowers in umbels of 2-5; bracts 2, suborbicular, whitish; pedicels glandular-pubescent. Sepals 3-5-4 mm, with scarious border, scarcely mucronate; petals 6 mm, deep red. Mericarps 4 mm, with yellowish hairs of equal length; apical pits eglandular, with a rather narrow furrow at the base. Beak 12-15 mm. 2zi = 20. Dry limestone rocks near the sea. • E. Spain. Hs.

10. E. corsicum Léman View in CoL in Lam. & DC., El. Er. ed. 3, 4: 842 (1805).

Perennial; stems up to 25 cm, hairy. Leaves 10-25 mm, suborbicular to oblong-ovate, crenate-dentate, the upper sometimes pinnatifid, grey-green, villous or densely pubescent. Flowers solitary or in umbels of 2-3; bracts 2, ovate, hairy, pale brown; pedicels with patent, eglandular hairs. Sepals 3-7 mm, without mucro; petals 5-10 mm, white or pink. Mericarps 3-5 mm, with numerous, long, white hairs; apical pits deep, glandular, without a furrow at the base. Beak 10-15 mm. 2n= 20 (718). Rocks near the sea. • Corse, Sardegna. Co Sa.

11. E. reichardii (Murray) DC. View in CoL , Prodr. 1: 649 (1824)

( E. chamaedryoides L’Hér. ).

Like 10 but acaulescent; leaves 5-15 mm, green, sparsely hairy; flowers always solitary; bracts glabrous; hairs of pedicels appressed; petals white with purple veins; mericarps with appressed hairs and shallower apical pits. In = 20. Damp rocks. • Islas Baléares. BI?Co.

12. E. ruthenicum Bieb. View in CoL , Cent. Pl. 1: t. 48 (1810)

(£. serotinum Steven). Perennial; stems 15-50 cm, usually with patent hairs. Leaves up to 8 cm, triangular-ovate, with one pair of free pinnae at the base, the upper part pinnatifid; lobes dentate or pinnatifid. Umbels with 3-13 flowers; bracts several, linear-lanceolate, hairy, brown. Sepals 10-12 mm; petals c. 12 mm, violet. Mericarps c. 8 mm, densely hairy; apical pits glandular, without a furrow at the base. Beak 30-70 mm. Dry open habitats. Ukraine and Moldavia; once reported from Dobrogea. Rm Rs (W,?E).

13. E. hoefftianum C. A. Meyer View in CoL , Mém. Acad. Sci. Pétersb. ser. 6 (Sci. Nat.), 7 (Bot.): 3 (1855)

(incl. E. neilreichii Janka ).

Like 12 but annual or biennial; leaves not more than 6 cm, occasionally without free pinnae at base; umbels with 1-8 flowers; sepals 7-10 mm; petals c. 8 mm; mericarps 6-7 mm, with apical pits more or less eglandular; beak 50-75 mm. S.E. & E.C. Europe. Bu Cz Gr Hu Ju Rm Rs (W,?K, E) Tu.

14. E. botrys (Cav.) Bertol. View in CoL , Amoen. 35 (1819).

Caulescent annual; stems (5-)10-40 cm, with long, patent or deflexed hairs. Leaves up to 5 cm, usually appressed-setose, oblong or ovate, at least the upper deeply pinnatifid or pinnatisect; lobes pinnatifid or dentate. Umbels with 1-4 flowers; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, subglabrous, brown. Sepals 10-13 mm; petals c. 15 mm, violet. Mericarps 8-11 mm, with ascending, whitish hairs; apical pits deep, eglandular, with two furrows at the base, the upper larger. Beak 50-110 mm. 2zi = 40. Dry places. S. Europe; sometimes naturalized or casual further north. BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu.