Pink Splash. Erodium cicutarium, Red Stem Filaree, Océ-weerd, Meuse Corridor, Venlo, The Netherlands
Out from the low-hanging clouds Sun suddenly sent a single splash of light brightening Late-Autumn Pink right at my hiking feet. Here's tiny Red Stem Storksbill or Filaree. 'Filaree' is a form of 'alfilaria' which goes back on Spanish and Arabic; it refers to the 'pin-like' seed capsules of our plant. The on-line OED doesn't give 'Filaree'; you'll have to go to other dictionaries or botanical handbooks to follow that word up.
At this time of the year there are no insects to be enticed by the pretty flower spots on the lower petals.
Pink Splash. Erodium cicutarium, Red Stem Filaree, Océ-weerd, Meuse Corridor, Venlo, The Netherlands
Out from the low-hanging clouds Sun suddenly sent a single splash of light brightening Late-Autumn Pink right at my hiking feet. Here's tiny Red Stem Storksbill or Filaree. 'Filaree' is a form of 'alfilaria' which goes back on Spanish and Arabic; it refers to the 'pin-like' seed capsules of our plant. The on-line OED doesn't give 'Filaree'; you'll have to go to other dictionaries or botanical handbooks to follow that word up.
At this time of the year there are no insects to be enticed by the pretty flower spots on the lower petals.