Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Geraniales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Erodium cicutarium
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about Common Storksbill at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erodium cicutarium ssp. cicutarium
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-02-001:
Erodium cicutarium
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Common Storksbill, Redstem Storksbill, Heronsbill, Filaree
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JK Marlow jkm130328_435
March Pittsylvania County VA
Danville Riverwalk Trail
Flowers have magenta-pink oval petals without a notch at the apex, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm130328_437
March Pittsylvania County VA
Danville Riverwalk Trail
Leaves pubescent, pinnately compound and deeply pinnately dissected, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of forbs
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JK Marlow jkm130328_439
March Pittsylvania County VA
Danville Riverwalk Trail
Flowers in a two-planed umbel with an involucre. Sepals hoodlike and mucronate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Keith Bradley kab_e_cicutarium_2743
March Richland County SC
Elmwood Cemtery
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Keith Bradley kab_e_cicutarium_2748
March Richland County SC
Elmwood Cemtery
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Keith Bradley kab_e_cicutarium_2758
March Richland County SC
Elmwood Cemtery
Fruit much as in Geranium, but ... the beak spirally twisting when dry, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Keith Bradley kab_e_cicutarium_2769
March Richland County SC
Elmwood Cemtery
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JK Marlow s040421_c
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow s040421_d
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Erodium cicutarium
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erodium cicutarium ssp. cicutarium
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-02-001:
Erodium cicutarium
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
533
Forb
Winter annual
Non-native: Europe
Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, lawns, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Pinnately compound
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens (5 fertile & 5 sterile)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p288
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p376
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p090
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p128