Erodium maritimum, (L.) L'Her.

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

8. E. maritimum (L.) L’Hér. in Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 416 (1789).

Annual or biennial; stems up to 20 cm, hairy. Leaves 0-5-2-5 cm, mostly basal, broadly ovate, obtusely dentate or pinnatifid. Flowers solitary, rarely in pairs; bracts ovate, brown; pedicels with appressed, often glandular hairs. Sepals 3-4-5 mm; petals 3 mm or less, pink or white, very often absent. Mericarps 3 mm, with short, brownish hairs and a few longer hairs near the apex; apical pits deep, usually eglandular, with a pronounced furrow at the base, delimited by a high, narrow ridge. Beak c. 10 mm. 2« = 20. Dry places, usually near the sea. N. W. Europe, from N. W. France to S. W. Scotland; W.C. Mediterranean region; one station in N. W. Spain. Br Co Ga Hb Hs It Sa Si. Outside Europe known only from Tenerife and a small island off Tunisia.