Erodium moschatum (L.) L'Héritier

White-Stem Filaree/Storksbill
Geraniaceae

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Protologue: W.Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 414 (1789)
Pronunciation: E-rò-di-um mos-chà-tum
Etymology: Gr. erodios, heron + having a musky scent

Jepson eFlora Treatment
Key to Erodium spp, from the Jepson eFlora

SD County Synoptic Voucher


Distribution:
 
Left: S.D. County Plant Atlas (http://sdplantatlas.org). Right: CCH2. Click to see current herbarium records.  

 
  
Erodium moschatum
Leaves are pinnately compound, leaflets pinnately lobed.

  
Erodium moschatum
Flowers (left), lacking apical sepal bristle and with glabrous petal claw.
Immature fruits (right), the latter with elongate, accrescent style, as in other Erodium spp.

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