(L.) L'Hér., Geraniaceae |
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Present on Pacific Islands? yes
Primarily a threat at high elevations? no
Other Latin names: Geranium cicutarium var. moschatum L.
Common name(s): [more details]
English: crowfoot, ground-needles, musk stork's-bill, musk-clover, muskus-grass, musky crowfoot, musky erodium, musky herons's-bill, musky stork's-bill, white-stem filaree |
Spanish: alfilerillo |
Habit: herb
Description: "Annual, at first stemless, later usually with several stems, extremely variable in size according to habitat, from prostrate to c. 60 cm high and c. 1 m across, densely glandular and ± musk-scented. Leaves to c. 30 cm long, pinnate, with petiole sometimes = leaf rachis. Leaflets sessile, pinnately lobed; lobes ± ovate, serrate. Stipules broad-ovate or suborbicular, membranous, silvery, obtuse. Umbels c. 12-flowered; bracts broad, membranous, obtuse; peduncles and pedicels densely glandular, < to slightly > calyx at anthesis. Sepals 4.5-6 mm long, lanceolate-oblong, densely glandular, mucronate. Petals 4.5-8 mm long, pink or mauve-pink; claw very short; limb ± elliptic-oblong, sometimes almost obovate. Stamens 3-4 mm long; filaments widened at base, white or pink, usually with a small membranous tooth on 1 or both sides, rarely without teeth; anthers dark purple. Staminodes lanceolate. Fruit beak 3-3.5 cm long, puberulent. Mericarps densely hirsute with hairs of differing length; apical pits prominently glandular, with 1 broad, glabrous furrow beneath" (Webb et al., 1988; p. 725).
Habitat/ecology: In New Zealand, "roadsides, railways, waste places, building sites, quarries, riverbeds, lawns and pastures, and cultivated ground; lowlands throughout, common" (Webb et al., 1988; p. 725). "In Chile this species grows in the following environmental conditions: Low altitude, interior valleys; coastal mountains, 500-2000 m; coastal areas, 0-500 m. Humid areas, with almost constant rainfall, short dry periods are possible (generally not longer than 1 month); somewhat dry areas where the drought may last 3-5 months, precipitations of 400-800 mm. are concentrated in winter. Fully exposed to the sun, level areas or slopes facing north" (Chileflora).
Propagation: Seed
Native range: Canary and Madeira Islands, northern Africa, Europe, western Asia; widely naturalized elsewhere (GRIN).
Presence:
Pacific | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Australia (Pacific offshore islands)
Norfolk Islands |
Norfolk Island |
introduced
invasive |
Orchard, Anthony E., ed. (1994)
"An occasional weed". Vouchers cited: R.M. Laing(CHR); I. Robinson (NSW); J.D. McComish 198 (NSW) |
Chile (offshore islands)
Juan Fernández Islands |
Isla Más a Tierra (Robinson Crusoe Island) |
introduced
invasive |
Atkinson, Rachel/Sawyer, John (2011) |
Chile (offshore islands)
Juan Fernández Islands |
Isla Más a Tierra (Robinson Crusoe Island) |
introduced
invasive |
Danton, Philippe/Perrier, Christophe/Martinez Reyes, Guido (2006) (p. 553) |
Pacific Rim | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Australia
Australia (continental) |
New South Wales |
introduced
invasive |
National Herbarium of New South Wales (2013)
"Widely naturalized in disturbed sites". |
Japan
Japan |
Japan |
introduced
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Mito, Toshikazu/Uesugi, Tetsuro (2004) (p. 185) |
New Zealand
New Zealand |
New Zealand (country) |
introduced
invasive |
Webb, C. J./Sykes, W. R./Garnock-Jones, P. J. (1988) (p. 725) |
South America (Pacific rim)
South America (Pacific rim) |
Chile (Republic of) |
introduced
invasive |
Belov, Michail (2013) |
United States (west coast)
United States (west coast states) |
USA (Oregon) |
introduced
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2013) |
United States (west coast)
United States (west coast states) |
USA (California) |
introduced
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2013) |
United States (west coast)
United States (west coast states) |
USA (Washington) |
introduced
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2013) |
Also reported from | |||
Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
Canada
Canada |
Canada |
introduced
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2013) |
United States (continental except west coast)
United States (other states) |
United States (other states) |
introduced
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2013) |
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