Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Geraniales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Erodium cicutarium
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Common Storksbill at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erodium cicutarium ssp. cicutarium
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Erodium cicutarium
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Erodium cicutarium ssp. cicutarium
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-02-001:
Erodium cicutarium FAMILY Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erodium cicutarium
COMMON NAME:
Common Storksbill, Redstem Storksbill, Heronsbill, Redstem Filaree
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_erci6_001_lvd
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Erodium cicutarium
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erodium cicutarium ssp. cicutarium
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Erodium cicutarium
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Erodium cicutarium ssp. cicutarium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-02-001:
Erodium cicutarium
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erodium cicutarium
533
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, lawns, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Pinnately compound
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens (5 fertile & 5 sterile)
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p288
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p376
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p090
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p128
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