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Erodium botrys

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Erodium botrys

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Genus
  
Erodium

Higher classification
  
Erodium

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Similar
  
Erodium, Erodium moschatum, Geraniaceae, Erodium malacoides, Erodium lebelii

Erodium botrys is a species of flowering plant in the geranium family known by the common names longbeak stork's bill, Mediterranean stork's-billl and broadleaf filaree.

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Distribution

This is an annual herb which is native to much of Eurasia, the Mediterranean region, and North Africa.

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It is found in many other areas of the world as a weedy introduced species, including Australia, New Zealand, and parts of the Americas.

Description

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Erodium botrys starts from a flat rosette of highly lobed green leaves on red petioles. It grows to heights of anywhere from 10 to 90 centimeters with somewhat hairy stems and foliage.

It bears small flowers with hairy, pointed sepals surrounding five purple-streaked lavender petals.

The filaree fruit is quite long, its style reaching up to 12 centimeters in length.

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References

Erodium botrys Wikipedia


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