Entry for ERODIUM moschatum Willd. [family GERANIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 254, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
ERODIUM moschatumWilld. [family GERANIACEAE], Sp. 3. p. 631;—DC. Prod. 1. p. 647. E. & Z.! 453. Jacq. Vind. t. 55. Cav. Diss. t. 94. f. 1. E. Bot. t. 902.
Information
biennial, procumbent; leaves pinnati-partite, segments petiolulate, ovate,- obtuse, unequally toothed and cut, hispidulous; stipules broadly ovate, filmy; peduncles elongate, many-flowered, glandularly pubescent; sepals mucronate, shorter than the petals. A strong-growing plant, sometimes cut for fodder, and sometimes grown in gardens for its musky fragrance. The leaves are fern-like, 6–12 inches long, variably pubescent.
Range
It is common to Europe, N. Africa, and S. America.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Common near cultivation. Introd. from Europe (Herb. T.C.D.).
