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Erodium moschatum - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Rio Tinto, Gondomar, Porto, Portugal; 4/2008 © Jörn Germer

Erodium moschatum - Flower side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower side view; Rio Tinto, Gondomar, Porto, Portugal; 4/2008 © Jörn Germer

Erodium moschatum - Ripening fruits - Click to enlarge!

Ripening fruits; Sameiro, Braga, Portugal; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Erodium moschatum - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Rio Tinto, Gondomar, Porto, Portugal; 4/2008 © Jörn Germer

Erodium moschatum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Rio Tinto, Gondomar, Porto, Portugal; 4/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 801
Date of entry: 04.05.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Musky storksbill

German: Moschus-Reiherschnabel

Portuguese: Agulha-moscada

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Geraniales (35)

        Family: Geraniaceae (17)(family description)

          Genus: Erodium (3)

            Epithet: moschatum (L.) L'Hér. (1)

moschatum => musky; musk: an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue, violet, white

External links

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