Erodium stellatum Del.
Erodium stellatum is a caulescent annual.
Leaves: Leaves pinnate; leaflets 1-2 pinnatisect, no intercalary leaflets.
Inflorescence: Flowers pink; petals large, unequal; upper 2 petals twice as long as the sepals, spotted with purple at the base and feathered, suborbicular and abruptly contracted into a short claw, 8.5-9.5mm long x 7-7.5mm wide; staminodes hirsute and ciliate; stamen filaments strongly dilated dentate at the base.
Fruit: Beak 4-6cm; fibres of the mericarp ridge of unequal length; foveole has a narrow furrow beneath; cotyledons trisect. 2n=20 Guitt.
Distribution: endemic to Morocco, on the Moroccan plateau.
