Kingdom Plantae Family Geraniaceae Scientific name Erodium malacoides Rank Species | Order Geraniales Genus Erodium Higher classification Erodium | |
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Similar Erodium, Erodium moschatum, Geraniaceae, Erodium ciconium, Erodium botrys | ||
Erodium malacoides top 5 facts
Erodium malacoides is a species of flowering plant in the geranium family known by the common names Mediterranean stork's bill, soft stork's-bill and oval heron's bill. This is a weedy annual or biennial herb which is native to much of Eurasia and North Africa but can be found on most continents where it is an introduced species.
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Description
The young plant grows a number of ruffled green leaves radially outward flat against the ground from a knobby central stem. The stem may eventually reach half a meter in height with more leaves on long, hairy petioles. It bears small flowers with fuzzy, soft spine-tipped sepals and five lavender to magenta petals. The fruit is green with a glandular body about half a centimeter long and a long, pointed style two to three centimeters in length.
