Stork's bill patch -closer
Erodium cicutarium, also known as common stork's-bill,[2] redstem filaree, redstem stork's bill or pinweed,[citation needed] is a herbaceous annual – or in warm climates, biennial – member of the family Geraniaceae of flowering plants. It is native to Macaronesia, temperate Eurasia and north and northeast Africa, and was introduced to North America in the eighteenth century,[3] where it has since become naturalized, particularly in the deserts and arid grasslands of the southwestern United States.
The long seed-pod, shaped like the bill of a stork, bursts open in a spiral when ripe, sending the seeds (which have long tails called awns) into the air.
Stork's bill patch -closer
Erodium cicutarium, also known as common stork's-bill,[2] redstem filaree, redstem stork's bill or pinweed,[citation needed] is a herbaceous annual – or in warm climates, biennial – member of the family Geraniaceae of flowering plants. It is native to Macaronesia, temperate Eurasia and north and northeast Africa, and was introduced to North America in the eighteenth century,[3] where it has since become naturalized, particularly in the deserts and arid grasslands of the southwestern United States.
The long seed-pod, shaped like the bill of a stork, bursts open in a spiral when ripe, sending the seeds (which have long tails called awns) into the air.