Erodium elatum (Form.) R.T.F. Clifton
The whole plant is covered with simple eglandular and glandular hairs.
Leaves: This has green to grey-green leaves which are oblong and 2-3 pinnatisect, with narrower leaf segments, with ultimate segments narrow linear.
Inflorescence: Flowering stems ascending with umbels of 4 to 8 pink to bluish-violet flowers, with rounded petals, flowering early, in April and May. Sepals have a long mucro of 1.5 to 2 mm.
Fruit: The beak is long being 4.5 to 6 cm.
Distribution: This species is found in Europe, in Bulgaria, Greece, Bosnia, Serbia and Macedonia among rocks on stony calcareous ground above 1600 m.
