This project collects observations of Erodium brachycarpum (Hairy-pitted Stork's Bill) in California for the purpose of facilitating identification and preventing misidentification of this species in iNaturalist.
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How to identify Erodium brachycarpum:
How to differentiate E. brachycarpum from E. botrys:
See the following comparison of E. botrys with E. brachycarpum by silversea_starsong:
** https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2827189
** https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25132485
These observations show the relative sizes of E. botrys, E. citutarium, and E. brachycarpum:
** https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21878840
** https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40711875
These photos show E. brachycarpum flowers compared to E. cicutarium:
** https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10394261
** https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71626111
See these projects for many examples of each species:
** https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/erodium-brachycarpum-hairy-pitted-stork-s-bill
** https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/erodium-botrys-mediterranean-stork-s-bill
References:
Jepson eFlora:
** https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=25038
** https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/images/illustrations/fp-825-2.png
iNaturalist:
** How to identify Erodium brachycarpum (Hairy-pitted Stork's-Bill)
** https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58171-Erodium-brachycarpum
** Parent Project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/erodium-genus-stork-s-bills-california/
** https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/erodium-brachycarpum-hairy-pitted-stork-s-bill
** https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/erodium-seeds
Comments
Great information! Thank you for putting this together!
@silversea_starsong provided most of this information about how to identify E. brachycarpum. I'm grateful for his expertise.
Very well done!
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