Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Erodium cicutarium

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)