Character

Erodium
botrys

Erodium
brachycarpum

Erodium
cicutarium

Erodium
moschatum

Erodium
texanum

fruit body length

8–11 mm

6–8 mm

4–7 mm

4–6 mm

5–8 mm

style shaft length
(when unwound)

5–12 cm

5–8 cm

2–5 cm

2–4 cm

3–7 cm

nature of pits
and subtending furrows

pits narrow,
glabrous

1–2 glabrous furrows

pits ± round, minutely hairy

1 hairy
furrow

pits round,
glabrous

0–1 glabrous
furrow

pits round,
glandular

1 glandular
furrow

pits narrow,
± glabrous

0–1 ± glabrous furrow