musk stork’s-bill

(greenstem filaree, whitestem filaree)
Erodium moschatum

Member of stork’s-bills (genus Erodium)
geranium family (family Geraniaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
purple in flowering plants

stem short hairy
sepals 6–9 mm, tip glabrous [with knob, but no bristles]
petals 10–15 mm [often shorter]
leaf compound; leaflets lobed to shallowly divided
pedicel is often a green purple, but is often short and hidden by the flower
flowers in an umbel

Chris’s observations: 27 (all are research grade)

Locations:

Almaden Quicksilver CP: 2
Calero CP: 2
Coyote Hills RP: 2
Coyote Valley OSP: 2
Pleasanton Ridge RP: 2
Santa Teresa CP: 2
Sierra Vista OSP: 2
Coyote Creek Trail
Coyote Lake / Harvey Bear Ranch CP
Dry Creek Pioneer RP
Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve
Fremont Older OSP
Garin RP
Henry Coe SP
Mission Peak RP
Rancho Cañada del Oro OSP
Russian Ridge OSP
San Pedro Valley CP
Stevens Creek CP
Sunol Wilderness RP

Months:

Jan.: 2
Feb.: 2
Mar.: 9
Apr.: 8
May: 5
Jun.: 1

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Not all sites include this taxon:

Erodium moschatum → iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora
not yet listed → FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora