Erodium botrys

Erodium botrys is a species of flowering plant in the geranium family known by the common names longbeak stork's bill,[1] Mediterranean stork's-bill[2] and broadleaf filaree.

Erodium botrys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Erodium
Species:
E. botrys
Binomial name
Erodium botrys

Distribution

This is an annual herb which is native to much of Eurasia, the Mediterranean region, and North Africa.

It is found in many other areas of the world as a weedy introduced species, including Australia, New Zealand, and parts of the Americas.

Description

Erodium botrys starts from a flat rosette of highly lobed green leaves on red petioles. It grows to heights of anywhere from 10 to 90 centimeters with somewhat hairy stems and foliage.

It bears small flowers with hairy, pointed sepals surrounding five purple-streaked lavender petals.

The filaree fruit is quite long, its style reaching up to 12 centimeters in length.

References
  1. "Erodium botrys". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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