African Filaree, Common Stork's Bill, Filaree, Redstem Stork's Bill, Red-stemmed Filaree
Erodium cicutarium
Synonyms: Erodium aethiopicum, Erodium cicutarium ssp. cicutarium, Erodium cicutarium ssp. jacquinianum, Erodium ethiopicum
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Close-up images of the flowers and developing fruits of african filaree.
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African filaree as seen along the Montezuma Valley Road just downhill to the south of Culp Valley and uphill several miles to the southwest of Borrego Springs, CA........March 29, 2011.
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African filaree as seen on the wash of Hornblend Canyon upstream from San Diego County Route S-2, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.........March 26, 2011. Note the pinnately-compound basal leaves of this species.
Paul Slichter