Leaf type: Pinnate, fronds
Phyllotaxis: Opposite (stem leaves), rosette-shaped (basal leaves)
Color: Green
Life cycle: Annual, biennial, occasionally perennial
Leaf (upper side)
Habitus & biology
Erodium cicutarium can grow as an annual, biennial and sometimes as a perennial. The flat to upright flowering shoots grow up to 40 centimeters long or high. The leaf stalks and flower stalks are slightly hairy.
Distribution & habitates
The distribution area is large, covering most European and Asian countries and extending as far as North Africa. As an introduced species, the common stork’s-bill is also found in many North American and South American regions (source).
Erodium cicutarium grows on roadsides, in front of walls, in meadows, lawns, on rubble dumps, building sites, on dams and in other habitats.
Botany
Erodium cicutarium belongs to the Geraniaceae family and is known by several common names, including common stork’s-bill, redstem stork’s-bill, redstem filaree and pinweed.
