Erodium botrys, (Cav.) Bertol.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 201

14. E. botrys (Cav.) Bertol. , Amoen. 35 (1819).

Caulescent annual; stems (5-)10-40 cm, with long, patent or deflexed hairs. Leaves up to 5 cm, usually appressed-setose, oblong or ovate, at least the upper deeply pinnatifid or pinnatisect; lobes pinnatifid or dentate. Umbels with 1-4 flowers; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, subglabrous, brown. Sepals 10-13 mm; petals c. 15 mm, violet. Mericarps 8-11 mm, with ascending, whitish hairs; apical pits deep, eglandular, with two furrows at the base, the upper larger. Beak 50-110 mm. 2zi = 40. Dry places. S. Europe; sometimes naturalized or casual further north. BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu.