First time observing any Erodium sp. Thanks for sharing. Pinnatisect leaves are unique so far in this family week Dr Satish Phadke
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > 7. *Erodium cicutarium* (L.) L’Herit, ex Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2:414. 1789. > Syn: *Geranium* *cicutarium* L. > > Common names: Common stork's bill; common erodium; common crowfoot > > Genus Erodium is distinct from Geranium in pinnate compound leaves and 5 > fertile stamens > > More or less spreading annual herb with ascending branches,; leaves > pinnatisect, up to 12 cm long, segments further cleft into small acute > lobes; stipules triangular-lanceolate, 2-5 mm long; flowers purple, 7-10 mm > across in 3-8 flowered umbellate clusters, on up to 7 cm long hairy > peduncles, reflexed in fruit; bracts connate, ovate, ciliate; pedicel up to > 2 cm long; sepals 3-6 mm long in fruit, glandular-pubescent, ovate; petals > slightly longer than sepals, purple, some times with black spots at base, > obovate, claw ciliate; filaments with dilated base; mericarps 5-6 mm long > with 3 mm long beak. > > Very common along roadsides and wastelands. Photographed from Kashmir. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
