Erodium cicutarium
Common name
storksbill
Family
Geraniaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
EROCIC
Flower colours
Red/Pink, Violet/Purple
Year naturalised
1855
Origin
Europe, N. Africa, temperate Asia
Etymology
erodium: From the Greek erodios ‘a heron’, in reference to the style and ovaries resembling a heron.