Erodium corsicum, Leman

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

10. E. corsicum Léman in Lam. & DC., El. Er. ed. 3, 4: 842 (1805).

Perennial; stems up to 25 cm, hairy. Leaves 10-25 mm, suborbicular to oblong-ovate, crenate-dentate, the upper sometimes pinnatifid, grey-green, villous or densely pubescent. Flowers solitary or in umbels of 2-3; bracts 2, ovate, hairy, pale brown; pedicels with patent, eglandular hairs. Sepals 3-7 mm, without mucro; petals 5-10 mm, white or pink. Mericarps 3-5 mm, with numerous, long, white hairs; apical pits deep, glandular, without a furrow at the base. Beak 10-15 mm. 2n= 20 (718). Rocks near the sea. • Corse, Sardegna. Co Sa.