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Erodium ciconium
Common stork's bill is a low annual or biennial weed-like herb of the geranium family, native to the Mediterranean region and nearby areas, grown in gardens mainly as a hardy wildflower-style groundcover. It thrives in sunny, well-drained spots and needs little care.
Erodium ciconium, the common stork's bill, is a species of annual herb in the family Geraniaceae. They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 21 cm tall.
Erodium alnifolium · Longbeak stork's bill · Shortfruit stork's bill · Three Lobed Stork's Bill · Erodium chrysanthum · Common Stork's-bill · Erodium glandulosum · Garden Stork's Bill · Musky stork's bill · Stork's bill
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erodium ciconium 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.
