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Erodium chrysanthum

Erodium chrysanthum
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0

Erodium chrysanthum is a low perennial from central and southern Greece with pale yellow (rarely pale pink) flowers, grown in rock gardens, troughs and borders. It needs sharp drainage and sun to thrive.

Family
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately in growth and sparingly in dry summers, letting the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or alpine-style mix with lime or stone chips.
Temperature
Hardy to about -15 °C (USDA zones 6 to 8); dislikes waterlogged cold.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. & S. Greece
Climate
temperate

About

Erodium chrysanthum, the yellow heron's bill, is a species of flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae, native to central and southern Greece. The flowers are a pale yellow, or rarely a pale pink. A dioecious perennial, it is hardy in USDA zones 6 through 8, and is recommended for rock gardens, trough gardens, and borders.

Other Erodium plants

Erodium alnifolium · Longbeak stork's bill · Shortfruit stork's bill · Three Lobed Stork's Bill · 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 chrysanthum 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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