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Erodium glandulosum

Erodium glandulosum
Photo: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 4.0

Erodium glandulosum is a low, mat-forming perennial from the Pyrenees, grown for its long-flowering pink blooms with dark centres. It needs sun, sharp drainage and little water once established.

Family
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly in dry spells once established; avoid soggy soil, especially in winter.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy soil; tolerates poor, stony ground.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C; protect from prolonged wet cold.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Pyrenees to N. Spain
Climate
temperate

About

Erodium glandulosum, called the black-eyed heron's bill, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Erodium, native to the Pyrenees. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Erodium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erodium glandulosum 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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