Erodium boissieri

English:
Nederlands:
Español: Alfiler del Trevenque
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Family: Geraniaceae - Geranium family
Flowering time: June-August (again in September-October)
Height:
Altitude: 1000-2000m
Colour: pink
Flower:
Leaves:
Habitat: dolomite formations of the Sierra Nevada (Granada), arenales del Trevenque
Distribution: Endemic species of the Sierra Nevada, Andalucía, Spain






Notes: Erodium boissieri is one of the plants that is well adapted to extreme temperature changes and to the lack of a fertile, moist soil and high concentrations of minerals of the dolomite formations on the west side of the Sierra Nevada. It can only be found around Monte Trevenque (2083m) in southern Spain. This endemic species of the Sierra Nevada mountain range is on the ´Lista Roja de la Flora Vascular de Andalucía´. Erodium boissieri was named after the Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810-1885).

Related key words: Sierra Nevada, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusië, Arenales del Trevenque, PR-A 21 Vereda del Canal de la Espartera, Jardín Botánico Hoya de Pedraza, Spain, Boissier, butterfly

Geranium molle

English: Dove's-foot Crane's-bill - Dovesfoot Geranium - Dovefoot Geranium - Awnless Geranium
Nederlands: Zachte ooievaarsbek
Español: Geranio de los caminos
Français: Géranium à feuilles molles - Géranium mou - Géranium mollet
Deutsch: Weicher Storchschnabel

Family: Geraniaceae - Geranium family
Flowering time: April-September (February- September in southern Europe)
Height: 5-30cm
Altitude: to 2000m
Colour: pink-purple
Flower: 6-10mm in laxed clusters, petals deeply notched
Leaves: grey-green, three-lobed at the top; upper leaves more deeply lobed
Habitat: dry meadows, hedges, banks, waste ground, lawns, sand-dunes, roadsides
Distribution: native to the Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean areas, naturalized in other parts of Europe





Notes: Geranium molle is pollinated by insects and self-pollinated when not visited by insects. Dove's-foot Crane's-bill is one of the foodplants of Aricia agestis (Brown Argus). This butterfly lays eggs on the underside of leaves.

Related key words: Kralingse Bos Rotterdam, Kapittelduinen Hoek van Holland, waardplant, Andalucía, Andalusië, roadside plant

Geranium sylvaticum

English: Wood Crane´s-bill - Woodland geranium
Nederlands: Bosooievaarsbek
Español:
Français: Géranium des bois
Deutsch: Wald-Storchschnabel

Family: Geraniaceae - Geranium family
Flowering time: June-August
Height: 20-80cm
Altitude: to 2300m
Colour: reddish-purple, pinkish-lilac, bluish, often with a whitish centre
Habitat: meadows, pastures, damp woodland, rocky habitats
Distribution: northern and central Europe, in the south in mountainous areas
Note: one of many Geranium species which are valued in gardens; naturalized in the Netherlands
Synonym: Geranium sylvaticum subsp. sylvaticum





Related key words: Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, Ibón de Remuñe, Llanos del Hospital (Benasque), Portilla de Eraice (Roncal), Barranco de Soba (Sallent de Gállego), Alps, alpine plant, butterfly

Erodium cheilanthifolium

English:
Nederlands:
Español: Alfileres - Agujas - Relojes
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Family: Geraniaceae - Geranium family 
Flowering time: June-August
Height: 5-20cm
Altitude: 900-3200m
Colour: pink
Habitat: scree, windy rocky ridges and summits
Distribution: endemic of Sierra Nevada and North Africa
Notes: It depends on the wind for its pollination. Similar to Erodium foetidum (Pyrenees) and Erodium glandulosum (Picos de Europa).
Synonyms: Erodium petraeum subsp. crispum and Erodium foetidum subsp. cheilanthifolium




 
Related key words: endemisch voor de Sierra Nevada, endemismo de Sierra Nevada, Loma de las Albardas, El Chullo