Erodium cicutarium

Stonewall, Palliser Bay.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 03/10/2009, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>.

Miranda, Jan.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Erodium cicutarium.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Terawhiti Station, Wellington.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 01/11/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>.

Central Otago.<br>Photographer: Mike Thorsen, Licence: All rights reserved.

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Common name

storksbill

Family

Geraniaceae

Authority

Erodium cicutarium (L.) L”Hér.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

NVS code

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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.

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