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: 23 (22 are research grade)

Locations:

Almaden Quicksilver CP: 2
Coyote Hills RP: 2
Coyote Valley OSP: 2
Pleasanton Ridge RP: 2
Sierra Vista OSP: 2
Calero CP
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
Russian Ridge OSP
Santa Teresa CP
Stevens Creek CP
Sunol Wilderness RP

Months:

Jan.: 2
Feb.: 2
Mar.: 7
Apr.: 8
May: 3
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