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Erodium manescavi
Also called Large Purple Stork's Bill
Erodium manescavi is a stemless perennial stork's-bill from the western Pyrenees, grown for its showy magenta flowers. It needs sharp drainage and cool, sunny conditions, much like its rocky mountain home.
Erodium manescavi (or Erodium manescavii), called the garden stork's-bill, large purple storksbill, Manescau storksbill, Manescau heronsbill and showy heron's bill, is a species of flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae. Endemic to the western Pyrenees mountains, this plant occurs in France and Spain.
Erodium manescavi grows on sheltered ledges, heathlands, and grassy meadows in calcareous soil that is somewhat nitrogen-enriched. It typically occurs at elevations between 700 and 1,500 metres above sea level. The plant shows a preference for rocky outcrops and terrain with shallow margosa limestone soils.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erodium manescavi 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.
