California macrophylla
| California macrophyllum | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Genus: | California Aldas, C. Navarro, P. Vargas, Ll. Sáez & Aedo |
| Species: | C. macrophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| California macrophylla (Hook. & Arn.) Aldas, C. Navarro, P. Vargas, Ll. Sáez & Aedo | |
| Synonyms | |
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Erodium macrophyllum Hook. & Arn. | |
California macrophylla, commonly known as roundleaf stork's bill, is a species of flowering plant in the geranium family, Geraniaceae. It was formerly placed in the genus Erodium, but was later placed in a monotypic genus of its own named California.[1]
It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in open habitat such as grassland and scrub. It is an annual herb that grows only a few centimeters high, forming a patch of slightly lobed, somewhat kidney-shaped to rounded leaves on long, slender petioles. The inflorescence is an umbel of flowers with petals around a centimeter long and white in color, often tinted pinkish or purplish. The fruit has a fuzzy base and a long, narrow style which may reach 5 cm (2 in) in length.
References
- ↑ Juan José Aldasoro, Carmen Navarro, Pablo Vargas, Llorenç Sáez & Carlos Aedo (2002). "California, a new genus of Geraniaceae endemic to the southwest of North America" (PDF). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 59 (2): 209–216.