PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / GERANIALES / GERANIACEAE / ERODIUM / CHIUM
Annual, caulescent herb. Stems up to 0.5 m long, decumbent to prostrate, hispid to hirsute and with numerous glandular hairs. Leaves alternate, subopposite or opposite; petiole 25-90(-115) mm long, indumentum as on stem, stipules 2, ovate; blade simple, (20-)40-70(-110) x (20-)30-45(-100) mm, pinnately veined, broadly ovate to broadly deltate-ovate, sparsely hispid to hirsute with glandular hairs and sessile glands, margin very variably dissected but usually only shallowly lobed and obtusely dentate to serrate, apex obtuse to acute, base cordate. Inflorescence of 2-8 flowers, indumentum as on stem; peduncle (15-)30-100(-130) mm long; pedicels 5-25 mm long; bracts 3 or more, ovate, straw coloured, scarious. Sepals 5-7 x 2 mm, apical mucro terete and 2 mm long, indumentum as on stem. Petals 5-8 x 2-3 mm, pinkish to purplish. Stamens free; fertile stamens with filaments narrowly ovate and apex terete, 4-5 mm long; pollen striate interwoven to reticulate, polar diameter 73 µm; staminodes subulate, 3 mm long. Ovary 1-2 mm long with terminal beak 2-3 mm long; style 0-1 mm long; stigmas 1 mm long. Mericarps: head 3-5 mm long, apical pit shallow and glandular, without any furrow below pit; tail 30-40 mm long. Seed 2-3 mm long. Flowering takes place from August to December with the peak in September and October, while fruiting stretches from September to December. From: Venter, HJT; Verhoeven, RL. 1990. The genus Erodium in southern Africa. S. African J. Bot. 56: 79-92. [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (1990); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
Annual caulescent, hispid to hirsute and glandular herb. Leaves broadly ovate to broadly deltate-ovate, margin usually shallowly lobed and obtusely dentate to serrate. Petals pinkish to purplish. Mericarps with glandular apical pits and without any furrow below pit, tail 30-40 mm long. From: Venter, HJT; Verhoeven, RL. 1990. The genus Erodium in southern Africa. S. African J. Bot. 56: 79-92. [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (1990); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
Erodium chium prefers sandy soil and is commonly found on the dunes along the seashore, however, it also occurs further inland in shady mountain habitats. The recorded altitudinal range varies from 0-800 m above sea level. From: Venter, HJT; Verhoeven, RL. 1990. The genus Erodium in southern Africa. S. African J. Bot. 56: 79-92. [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (1990); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
This species seems to be restricted to the winter rainfall area of the Cape, its distributional range being from Saldanha Bay to Port Elizabeth. From: Venter, HJT; Verhoeven, RL. 1990. The genus Erodium in southern Africa. S. African J. Bot. 56: 79-92. [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (1990); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
August to December
45 to 244 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Geranium chium L.
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Geraniales
FAMILY Geraniaceae
GENUS Erodium
SPECIES chium
8 results for Erodium chium (L.) Willd.
Barcode: NBG1484725-0 Collector(s) & number: De Villiers, U, PB698 | 2004-10-15
South Africa, Western Cape, Pauline Bohnen langs die vliegveld. Altitude ± 80 m.
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Barcode: PRE0552487-0 Collector(s) & number: Hugo, L, 1904 | 1979-11-6
South Africa, Western Cape, OU BOBBEJAANS FONTEI; KLEINBOS
General notes: Sand over limestone, sunny spots. Sunny places.
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Barcode: PRE0751139-0 Collector(s) & number: Schlechter, FRR, 9475 | 1896-11-28
South Africa, Western Cape, CALEDON DIST.; HAWSTON; IN DUNES
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Barcode: PRE0459592-0 Collector(s) & number: Boucher, C, 532 | 1969-9-10
South Africa, Western Cape, KOGEL BAY BRIDGE
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Barcode: PRE0751213-0 Collector(s) & number: Smith, CA, 3071 | 1926-9-
South Africa, Western Cape, BREDASDORP DIST.; NACHTWACHT; NEAR KLOOSTER
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Barcode: PRE0751192-0 Collector(s) & number: Page, MM, PRE 41207 | 1916-10-
South Africa, Western Cape, FISH HOEK; ON SANDY BANKS
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Barcode: PRE0762325-0 Collector(s) & number: Wolley-Dod, AH, 2090 | 1896-11-28
South Africa, Western Cape, CAPE PENINSULA; ST JAMES; STATION
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Barcode: PRE0751138-0 Collector(s) & number: Schlechter, FRR, 1577 | 1896-11-28
South Africa, Western Cape, CALEDON DIST.; HAWSTON; IN DUNES
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This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
1990
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
The genus Erodium in southern Africa Venter, HJT; Verhoeven, RLSouth African Journal of Botany 56: 79-92
1912
FLORA
Geraniaceae. Knuth, RGPIn: A Engler (ed.). Das Pflanzenreich (Engler)(Heft 53)1-640
Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig
No results found for Erodium chium (L.) Willd.
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