Erodium chium (L.) Willd.

Spice Fruit detail Flowers Fruit In the field

Family: GERANIACEAE

Genus: Erodium

Catalan common name: Rellotges.

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Rocky coastlines. Path and road sides.

Characteristics: A herbaceous plant which is very frequent on roadsides, arable land and even in the wasteland of garrigues (Mediterranean woodland). It can be distinguished from Erodium malacoides by its profoundly lobulate leaves, the beak of the fruit is over 3 cm long and the pits of the mericarp have no concentric fold.