Common Stork's-bill - (Erodium cicutarium) - Species

Common Stork's-bill - Erodium cicutarium

Favourite Photos

species	author	location	uploaded	taken
Common Stork's-bill - Erodium cicutarium	dylan	The Dumps	1 Jul 2021, 3:54 p.m.	28 Jun 2021, 3:57 p.m.
Common Stork's-bill - Erodium cicutarium	dylan	The Dumps	1 Jul 2021, 3:54 p.m.	28 Jun 2021, 3:57 p.m.
Common Stork's-bill - Erodium cicutarium	dylan	North Somerset	25 Oct 2023, 8:07 p.m.	25 Oct 2023, 5:29 p.m.
Common Stork's-bill - Erodium cicutarium	dylan	The Dumps	2 Dec 2023, 4:53 p.m.	1 Apr 2023, 6:44 p.m.
Common Stork's-bill - Erodium cicutarium	dylan	The Dumps	2 Dec 2023, 4:53 p.m.	1 Apr 2023, 6:45 p.m.
Common Stork's-bill - Erodium cicutarium	dylan	County Durham	25 Mar 2024, 2:12 a.m.	20 Jul 2022, 1:42 p.m.

Species Description

Widespread and fairly frequent but local throughout the UK. Habitat includes: Well-drained, disturbed / sandy / rocky places such as sand dunes, summer-parched grassland, heaths, roadside verges, stone walls, railway ballast, wasteland etc. Other names include: Stork's-bill. Growing habit: Annual / Biennial. Flowers: June to September (Can flower nearly all year round). Other names include: Red-stem Filaree, Red-stem Stork's-bill, Pin-weed. Seed dispersal method: Ants. It is a food plant fr Brown Argus butterfly Caterpillars.

Erodium cicutarium agg.  
Erodium acaule
Erodium aureum
Erodium botrys
Erodium brachycarpum
Erodium chium
Erodium ciconium
Erodium cicutarium
Erodium crinitum
Erodium cygnorum
Erodium geoides
Erodium glaucophyllum
Erodium gruinum
Erodium hymenodes
Erodium laciniatum
Erodium lebelii
Erodium malacoides
Erodium manescavii
Erodium maritimum
Erodium moschatum
Erodium petraeum
Erodium ruthenicum
Erodium salzmannii
Erodium stephanianum

species hybrid Erodium cicutarium x lebelii = E. x anaristatum Erodium corsicum x reichardii = E. x variabile

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