OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Erodium cicutarium, Common Storksbill, Redstem Storksbill, Heronsbill, Redstem Filaree

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_erci6_001_lvd

        

image of Erodium cicutarium, Common Storksbill, Redstem Storksbill, Heronsbill, Redstem Filaree

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).

image of Erodium cicutarium, Common Storksbill, Redstem Storksbill, Heronsbill, Redstem Filaree

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).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE pinnately compound leaves of forbs

image of Erodium cicutarium, Common Storksbill, Redstem Storksbill, Heronsbill, Redstem Filaree

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).

image of Erodium cicutarium, Common Storksbill, Redstem Storksbill, Heronsbill, Redstem Filaree

Keith Bradley    kab_e_cicutarium_2743

March    Richland County    SC

Elmwood Cemtery

image of Erodium cicutarium, Common Storksbill, Redstem Storksbill, Heronsbill, Redstem Filaree

Keith Bradley    kab_e_cicutarium_2748

March    Richland County    SC

Elmwood Cemtery

image of Erodium cicutarium, Common Storksbill, Redstem Storksbill, Heronsbill, Redstem Filaree

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).

image of Erodium cicutarium, Common Storksbill, Redstem Storksbill, Heronsbill, Redstem Filaree

Keith Bradley    kab_e_cicutarium_2769

March    Richland County    SC

Elmwood Cemtery

image of Erodium cicutarium, Common Storksbill, Redstem Storksbill, Heronsbill, Redstem Filaree

JK Marlow    s040421_c

April    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Erodium cicutarium, Common Storksbill, Redstem Storksbill, Heronsbill, Redstem Filaree

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

 

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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)

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LEAVES:
Pinnately compound

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens (5 fertile & 5 sterile)
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

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