Erodium circutarium
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht; Britton & Brown line drawing |
Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomˆ©¬ÝFlora von Deutschland, ˆñsterreich und der Schweiz¬Ý1885, Gera, Germany |
| Botanical name: | Erodium circutarium (L.) L'Her. ex Aiton. |
| Common name: | stork's bill |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | annual; biennial |
| Origin: | introduced |
| Plant height: | 3"-12" |
| Foliage: | leaves lie on ground, pinnately compound, rather lacy and fern-like in appearance |
| Flower: | 2-8, long stalked, umbels, purplish to pink or white, 3/8"-1/2" |
| Fruit: | long seed-pod, shaped like the bill of a stork, bursts open (dehisces) in a spiral when ripe |
| Flowering time: | bloom mid April to June; fruit May to September |
| Habitat: | roadsides, sandy ground, weedy areas |
| Range in New Jersey: | throughout coastal plain; old records from north Jersey coast |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Plant food for the larva of the Brown Angus butterfly. |