Common Stork's-bill | Hainault Forest

Common Stork's-bill

Erodium cicutarium

TQ4792 08/10/2017 ©Raymond Small

A short, hairy perennial with purplish flowers (10-15mm) and feathery pinnate leaves. Flowers bloom from April to August with petals that drop soon after the flowers open. The fruits that follow resemble long, twisted beaks.

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