Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Erodium guicciardii Heldr. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2. 6: 40 (1859) |
Native Range | Balkan Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves in rosette, petiolate, bipinnatipartite, ultimate segments lanceolate, acute, silvery sericeous on both faces, flowers 2-7 in sparse umbel, corolla to 25mm across |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | pale red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Erodium absinthoides ssp. balcanicum (Micevski) Greuter & Burdet Erodium absinthoides var. balcanicum Micevski Erodium absinthoides ssp. elatum (Formánek) P.H.Davis & J.Roberts Erodium absinthoides var. elatum Formánek Erodium absinthoides ssp. guicciardii (Heldr.) Maire & Petitm. Erodium absinthoides var. kavadarcensis Micevski Erodium absinthoides f. pilosiuscula Micevski Erodium elatum (Formánek) R.T.Clifton Erodium guicciardii var. glanduliferum Micevski Erodium guicciardii f. viscidum Micevski |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, YUG Yugoslavia) |