| Erodium malacoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Genus: | Erodium |
| Species: | E. malacoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Erodium malacoides | |
Erodium malacoides is a species of flowering plant in the geranium family known by the common names mallow-leaved stork's bill,[1] Mediterranean stork's bill,[2] and soft stork's-bill.[3] It is an annual or biennial herb which is native to the Mediterranean region in southern Europe (north to 49°N in western France), northern Africa, and southwest Asia.[4][1] It can be found locally elsewhere is an introduced species.[4]
Description
The young plant grows a number of rugose green leaves, radially outward flat against the ground. The stems reach 10–60 cm in height, with more leaves on long, hairy petioles, with glandular hairs.[1][5] It bears small flowers in umbels of 3–7 together; they are 10–16 mm diameter, with fuzzy, soft spine-tipped sepals and five purplish petals 5-9 mm long with rounded (not notched) apices.[5] The fruit is green with a glandular body about 5 mm long, with a long, pointed style 18–35 mm long.[1][5][6] It grows in dry, sunny habitats. In the south of its range in Malta, it flowers from January to June,[1] while further north in western France, from June to August.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e Mifsud, Stephen (2002-08-23). "Erodium malacoides (Mallow-leaved Stork's Bill): MaltaWildPlants.com - the online Flora of the Maltese Islands". www.maltawildplants.com. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ^ NRCS. "Erodium malacoides". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b "Erodium malacoides (L.) L'Hér". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- ^ a b c d Blamey, Marjorie; Grey-Wilson, Christopher (1989-01-01). The Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. London: Hodder & Stoughton. p. 230. ISBN 0-340-40170-2.
- ^ Aedo, Carlos; Navarro, Carmen (2014). "Erodium malacoides". Jepson Flora Project. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
External links
Media related to Erodium malacoides at Wikimedia Commons
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