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2. Monsonia nivea (Decne.) Decne. ex Webb, Fragm. Fl. Aethiop-Aegypt. 59. 1854. Knuth, l.c. 293; Schönbeck-Temesy in Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 69:60.1970; M. Zohary, l.c.; A. Ghafoor in Jafri & A. EL-Gadi, Fl. Libya 63.2.1978.
YASIN J. NASIR
Erodium niveum Decne.
Annual with dense white appressed patent hairs. Leaves narrow ovate, 10-25 x 4 -10 mm, dense silky; petiole up to 3.4 cm long. Mericarps 4-4.5 mm long, beak 3-4.5 cm long.
Type: Egypt, ‘Tor desert’, Bove 154 (holo. P; iso. K!).
Distribution: N. Africa. Jordan, Iraq, Arabia, S. Iran & Baluchistan.
Resembles Monsonia heliotropiodes, but with narrower more silvery leaves and a shorter beak to the fruit.
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