Erodium atlanticum Coss.
Erodium atlanticum is a perennial plant with a tough woody taproot, whole plant densely pilose with long acicular hairs 1-2mm; crown is a mass of short stems covered in old rich brown and hairy stipules 5-7mm, with a broad short mucro 1mm.
Leaves: lower leaves are entire to 50mm on 100mm petioles, long oval, serrate, upper leaves entire to trilobed, crenate; stipules free.
Inflorescence: Umbels of 4-7 flowers are axillary, rising directly from base of the plant; sepals with mucro 0.5-1mm; petals pink, 5-nerved, ovate, subequal and turned back, upper 2 with blotch made up of oval and triangular marks.
Fruit: Mericarp 5-6mm; foveoles with capitate glands; with or without furrow. Beak 2-3.5cm. 2n=20 Guitt.
Distribution: endemic in Morocco in shady clefts of little chalk cliffs: rocks of mountains, calcareous and silicaceous.
Synonyms
Erodium cossonii Guitt & Matiez
Plants with a furrow beneath the foveole were separated as E. cossonii, but E. cossonii is now considered a synonym.
Erodium guinochetianum Guitt.
