| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Erodium crassifolium L‘Hér. |
| Bibliography | Hort. Kew. 2: 414 (1789) |
| Native Range | n. Africa to Israel and Saudi Arabia |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | leaves bipinnatisect, segments linear, ultimate segments acute, 1-2cm long, glaucous, sparsely hirsute, flowers large, anthers ciliate |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | pale rose |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late spring |
| Synonyms | Erodium crassifolium ssp. hirtum (Willd.) Guitt. Erodium crassifolium var. salinarum Sibth. ex DC. Erodium crassum (Poir.) Steud. Erodium hirtum Willd. Erodium stipaceum Edgew. & Hook.f. Erodium tuberosum Boiss. Geranium crassum Poir. Geranium hirtum Forssk. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia, WSA Western Sahara) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) |