Storksbill, Long-beaked; Erodium botrys
Early Bloomer. Five petaled, small pink/purplish flowers, beak-like seed pods, weedy. Also called Scissor Plant. Seed pods coil to resemble clock springs.
Notes: Geranium family. See notes for Red-stemmed Filaree. The Long-beaked filaree (Storksbill) grows low to the ground and has many characteristics in common with red-stemmed filaree. A notable difference is the shape of the petals. The long-beaked storksbill's petals flare out together to form a horn, while the red-stemmed filaree's petals splay out separately. See example photos below.
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Kingdom Plantae -- Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta -- Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Geraniales
Family Geraniaceae -- Geranium family
Genus Erodium L'Hér. ex Ait. -- stork's bill
Species Erodium botrys (Cav.) Bertol.
-- longbeak stork's bill
Storksbill, Long-beaked (Erodium botrys) |
Storksbill, Long-beaked (Erodium botrys) |
Storksbill, Long-beaked (Erodium botrys) |
Storksbill, Long-beaked (Erodium botrys), intermingled with red-stemmed filaree |