Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Erodium cicutarium

Flowers. Photographer Jan Sevcik, Czech Republic

Plant with flowers and seed cases. Photographer Don Wood, Bungonia State Conservation Area east of Goulburn

Plant with flowers and seed cases. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, western NSW

Common name

Common storksbill, Common crowfoot, Common heron's-bill

Family

Geraniaceae

Where found

Woodland, grassy areas and disturbed sites. Widespread.

Notes

Introduced annual or biennial herb to 0.4 m tall or sprawling to prostrate, often remaining as a rosette. Stems hairy, slightly sticky. Leaves basal and/or opposite each other, 2-12 cm long, 10-40 mm wide, compound, hairy, often sticky. Leaflets 0.3-7 cm long, deeply dissected, margins toothed. Flowers pink to white, with 5 petals. Sepals 3-7 mm long, petals slightly longer. Flowers in 1-5 flowered clusters. Flowers Winter to Summer.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Erodium~cicutarium  (accessed 17 January, 2021)