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Longbeak stork's bill

Erodium botrys

Also called Mediterranean Stork's Bill, Broadleaf Filaree, Long Beak Crowfoot, Wild Geranium

Longbeak stork's bill
Photo: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5

Longbeak stork's bill is a low-growing annual wildflower in the geranium family, native to the Mediterranean, North Africa and Eurasia, and often a weed elsewhere. It is grown mainly as a hardy, easy plant that self-seeds in dry, sunny spots.

Family
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out between waterings; it tolerates drought once established.
Soil
Poor to average, well-drained soil; it does well in sandy or gravelly ground.
Temperature
Tolerates mild winters and warm, dry summers; frost-tolerant when young, protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Macaronesia, Medit.
Climate
subtropical

About

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

Where it grows

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

Other Erodium plants

Erodium alnifolium · Shortfruit stork's bill · Three Lobed Stork's Bill · Erodium chrysanthum · Common stork's bill · Common Stork's-bill · Erodium glandulosum · Garden Stork's Bill · Musky stork's bill · Stork's bill

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erodium botrys by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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