Erodium cicutarium (L.) L’Hér.

Taxonomy: Fam. Geraniaceae// Genus: Erodium// Species: Erodium cicutarium (L.) L’Hér.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1968) and The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski and Matevski, 2005).

Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, Temperate Eurasia to North and Northeast Africa according to the Plants of the World Online portal.

Habitat:  Grasslands/ pastures, rocky terrains, suburban areas, near roads.

Flowering period:  Spring-summer: MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL.

Erodium cicutarium– habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium– habit in habitat. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium– habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium– habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium– inflorescence with flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium– flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium– flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium– fruits. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium– fruits. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium– plant base with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium– leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 06.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Erodium ciconium (L.) L’Hér. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:372219-1 [Accessed 19.01.2022].

Micevski, K. and Matevski, V. (2005). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 6. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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