Erodium absinthoides
Erodium absinthoides
Ssp absinthoides: Yavşan iğneliği; Ssp armenum: Kaya iğneliği; Ssp haradjianii: Düldül iğneliği; Ssp latifolium: Dadaş iğneliği
Dioecious perennial, usually with few lax rosettes. Basal leaves 1-2-pinnatisect, blade ovate to narrowly oblong, 2-13 cm, primary segments varying from shortly pinnatifid to deeply 2-pinnatisect, adpressed-pilose, canescent or sub-sericeous, usually eglandular. Stems simple or sparsely branched, prostrate or ascending, hirsute or canescent. Sepals 4.5-7 mm in flower, usually pilose and glandular-pubescent; awn 0.2-2.8 mm. Petals obovate, 1-2½ x sepals, white, pink or lavender-blue. Beak of fruit 4-7 cm, stout.
1. Lamina of basal leaves oblong, length 2-4 x width, segments laxly and deeply 2-pinnatifid into lanceolate acute laciniae; stems bearing 1-12 peduncles
2. Leaves densely canescent; stems grey with short, retrorsely adpressed hairs; flowers white subsp. absinthoides
2. Leaves greenish, adpressed-pilose; stems patently hirsute, often also bearing subsessile glands; flowers lavender-blue . subsp. armenum
1. Lamina of basal leaves ovate, length c. 1.5 x width, segments 1-2-pinnatifid into short obtuse laciniae or teeth; stems bearing 1-2 peduncles
3. Segments deeply pinnatifid, subsericeous; flowers bright pink subsp. latifolium
3. Segments lobed only to the middle, greenish; flowers white subsp. haradjianii
2. Leaves densely canescent; stems grey with short, retrorsely adpressed hairs; flowers white subsp. absinthoides
2. Leaves greenish, adpressed-pilose; stems patently hirsute, often also bearing subsessile glands; flowers lavender-blue . subsp. armenum
1. Lamina of basal leaves ovate, length c. 1.5 x width, segments 1-2-pinnatifid into short obtuse laciniae or teeth; stems bearing 1-2 peduncles
3. Segments deeply pinnatifid, subsericeous; flowers bright pink subsp. latifolium
3. Segments lobed only to the middle, greenish; flowers white subsp. haradjianii
