Erodium cicutarium (L.) L’Hér.

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

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Webb and Chater in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski in Micevski (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 – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – habit. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – habit. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – stem and inflorescence. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – inflorescence. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – inflorescence. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – flower. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – flower. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – flowers. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – flowers. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – calyx of flower. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – fruits. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – fruits. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – fruits. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – peduncle. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – stem with leaves. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – lower part of stem. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – stem. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Erodium cicutarium – stem. Osogovo – gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
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– 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].

Erodium L’Hér. Micevski, K. in Micevski, K. (2005). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 6. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1506 – 1517.

Erodium L’Hér. Webb, D.A. and Chater, A.O. in 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, pp. 199 -204.

Last update: 06.12.2023.