Erodium corsicum Leman

Clade II; Subclade 4; Section Malacoidea; Subsection Reichardia

Erodium corsicum ia a perennial, sub-shrubby or cushion forming, to 300 mm across.

Leaves entire, oval, round toothed, canescent, hairy and decurrent.

Erodium corsicum
Erodium corsicum; Bonifacio, Corsica; May 5, 2021; Photo credit: Geolfrance, from iNaturalist.org; (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Inflorescence: Annual flowering stems bear umbels of 2-4 white to pink flowers 20 mm across, petals unmarked.

Fruit: Beak 15mm. 2n=20

Erodium corsicum
Erodium corsicum Corsica; Aug 2, 2021; Photo credit: Osoandino, from iNaturalist.org; (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Distribution: endemic to Corsica and Sardinia; on Corsica found on the central west coast and another colony at the extreme south, locations within a few km of the coast, at 40-50 m altitude in fissures of granite rocks exposed to the north; Sardinia on calcareous rocks near Bonifacio and the north of Sardinia.

Erodium corsicum
Erodium corsicum; Bonifacio, Corsica; May 5, 2021; Photo credit: Geolfrance, from iNaturalist.org; (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Publication details: Leman, in Fl. Franç. ed. 3, 4: 842 1805.