Erodium cicutarium L'Hér. subsp. cicutarium

Spice In the field In the field 2

Family: GERANIACEAE

Genus: Erodium

Catalan common name: Agulles. Curripeus. Rellotges.

Spanish common name: Aguja de pastor. Peine de Venus.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Cabrera. Dragonera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Cosmopolitan and subcosmopolitan

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytics communities.

Characteristics: It is very common to find this species of Geraniaceae in moors and in the clearings in garrigues (Mediterranean woodland). It can be distinguished by its composite leaves with deeply lobulate leaflets. The leaves are found on the ground forming a basal rosette. It can be distinguished from Erodium moschatum, which has also composite leaves, because the leaflets of this species are only dentate rather than lobulate, moreover it is much larger.