Erodium crassifolium (Forsk.) L'Hér.

this is a unique cormous perennial growing the the desert. The orange anthers are also uinque in their colors. The flwoers are gone by 10-11 in the morning, leaving the plant flowerless.

This is a unique cormous perennial growing the the desert. The orange anthers are also uinque in their colors, contrasted by the cark patch at the flower middle. The flowers are gone by 10-11 in the morning, leaving the plant flowerless.

Erodium crassifolium is a desert perennial nerhb, its roots are producing tubers. The beautiful flwoers open in the early morning and wilt already in lunchtime.

Here u can see Erodium crassifolium seeds after dispersed and stuck in the ground. During this season the ground is full of these seeds with their feather-like awns.

Here u can see typical desert bulbs, growing in rock cracks, protected from evaporaiton and herbivors. The pink flwoer is Erodium crassifolium abd on the upper left side there are leaves of Scilla hanburyi.