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Redstem springbeauty growing in the shade of an understory on Douglas fit along the upper trail of the Triple Tree trail system, Gallatin Range, Gallatin County, Montana.
This plant comes with warning. It is grown for it's foliage which turns red in Autumn and it's heads of shiny dark berries. These berries may look attractive to children, but they are extremely poisonous.
In the background you can see a very young Pokeweed.
Hills behind a subdivision in Palmdale, California. The most native flora that I've seen in this area in ages.
aka Filaree, Heron-bill, Redstem Filaree
Erodium cicutarium
Introduced. This naturalized weed is native to southern Europe.
Saguaro Nat'l Park on Picture Rocks Rd. west of Tucson, AZ
Mericarps (fruits).
9 November 2011
Wildlife Viewing Area
North Tract
Patuxent Research Refuge
Anne Arundel County
Laurel Quad
7145
Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Geraniales
Family Geraniaceae – Geranium family
Genus Erodium – stork's bill
Species Erodium cicutarium – redstem stork's bill
A new weed find on my waterhemp journey... I had never seen anything like this before and had often found it in low-lying spots of fields. A quick ask on twitter confirmed that this odd-looking lowland weed was valley redstem.
Warning Line ! ! !
Little Redstem Monkeyflower (Erythranthe rubella) - The Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Three River Junction¹, Park County, Wyoming (44.465893, -110.836693)
Warning Line ? ? ?
Indeed, since the Monkey Flowers are growing in a crack that was formed when the crust around the hot spring was undermined by the spring. The crust between the crack and the hot spring will eventually fall into the spring, taking the monkeyflowers with it. So, consider the Monleyflower line a warning not to go beyond their line. And take them seriously, since they are willing to give their lives to warn you !
¹ Three River Junction is where the 3 forks (Philips, Greg & Ferris) of the Bechler River come together.
Redstem stork's bill (Erodium cicutarium ssp. cicutarium), Geranium family (Geraniaceae).
Bell Canyon Trail, Utah; elevation 1668 m.
Redstem ceanothus is a common shrub in the open dry montane understory at the north end of the Cabinet Mountains, west of Libby, Lincoln County, Montana. Broad deciduous leaves with a main tridentate leaf venation distinguish this species from other Ceanothus. Common in Montana only in the northwestern-most counties.
Edible Uses: Tea
The leaves are used to make Tea.
MEDICINAL USES: Poultice.
A poultice of the dried, powdered bark has been applied to burns, sores and wounds.
OTHER USES: Dye; Soap.
A green dye is obtained from the flowers. All parts of the plant are rich in saponins - when crushed and mixed with water they produce a good lather which is an effective and gentle soap. This soap is very good at removing dirt, though it does not remove oils very well. This means that when used on the skin it will not remove the natural body oils, but nor will it remove engine oil etc. The flowers are a very good source, when used as a body soap they leave behind a pleasant perfume on the skin. The developing seed cases are also a very good source of saponins.
Redstem springbeauty growing in the shade of an understory on Douglas fit along the upper trail of the Triple Tree trail system, Gallatin Range, Gallatin County, Montana.
Redstem stork's bill (Erodium cicutarium), Geranium family (Geraniaceae).
Along Big Cottonwood Creek, Utah; valley, elevation 1424 m.