[The Geranium Family West of the Cascade Mountains]
Cranesbills, Filarees and Storksbills West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Erodium

 

 

Prostrate Storksbill: Erodium botrys -

Shortfruit Storksbill, Glandular Storksbill: Erodium brachycarpum -

Filaree, African Filaree, Common Stork's Bill, Redstem Stork's Bill, Red-stemmed Filaree: Erodium cicutarium (Synonym: Erodium ethiopicum) - Leaves compund and twice pinnate (branching twice). Leaves often purplish tinged. Flowers rose to purplish. Petals thinnly elliptical with no notch at tips. Pistil develops into a long, thin, needle-like seed pod (often called a stork's bill or crane's bill).

Musk Filaree, Musky Stork's Bill: Erodium moschatum -

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