common stork's-bill

Erodium cicutarium

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Erodium cicutarium, also known as redstem filaree, redstem stork's bill, common stork's-bill or pinweed, is a herbaceous annual – or in warm climates, biennial – member of the family Geraniaceae of flowering plants. It is native to the Mediterranean Basin and was introduced to North America in the eighteenth century, where it has since become invasive, particularly of the deserts and arid grasslands of the southwestern United States.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Franco Folini, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/78425154@N00/4361637278
  2. Jacob Sturm, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erodium_cicutarium_Sturm8.jpg
  3. (c) 2009 Barry Breckling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=302321&one=T
  4. (c) Stan Shebs, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erodium_cicutarium_flower.jpg
  5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erodium_cicutarium

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