Erodium botrys

Taxobox
name = "Erodium botrys"

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Geraniales
familia = Geraniaceae
genus = "Erodium"
species = "E. botrys"
binomial = "Erodium botrys"
binomial_authority = (Cav.) Bertol.

"Erodium botrys" is a species of flowering plant in the geranium family known by the common names long-beaked stork's bill and broadleaf filaree. This is a weedy annual herb which is native to much of Eurasia and North Africa but is found in many other areas of the world as an introduced species, including Australia, New Zealand, and parts of the Americas. The plant starts from a flat rosette of highly lobed green leaves on red petioles. It grows to heights of anywhere from 10 to 90 centimeters with somewhat hairy stems and foliage. It bears small flowers with hairy, pointed sepals surrounding five purple-streaked lavender petals. The filaree fruit is quite long, its style reaching up to 12 centimeters in length.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4416,4417,4418 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERBO USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Erodium+botrys Photo gallery]