| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Erodium arborescens (Desf.) Willd. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl., ed. 4. [Willdenow] 3(1): 638 (1800) |
| Native Range | n. Africa to Israel |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | pruinose, leaves thick, ovate-cordate, lobate, crenate, pedicells 4-6-flowered, bracts large, ovate, tomentose, sepals oblong, shortly mucronate |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Erodium hussonii Boiss. Geranium arborescens Desf. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) |