Geraniaceae
Common stork's bill
Erodium ciconium
- Family
- Geraniaceae
- Genus
- Erodium
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- رقمة لقلقية
- arz
- رقمه لقلقيه
- Asturian
- Requexos
- Croatian
- Dugokljuni čapljan
- English
- Common stork's bill
- Greek
- Ερώδιον το πελαργόμορφο
- Macedonian
- Штркоклунест здрал, Штркоклунеста жива трева
- Slovak
- Bocianik stepný
- Slovenian
- Dolgokljunati čapljevec
- Swedish
- Storknäva
Synonyms
- Erodium brevicaule Bertol.
- Erodium ciconium f. brevicaule (Bertol.) Paol.
- Erodium ciconium f. tenuisectum (Nyman ex Rouy) Paol.
- Erodium ciconium prol. sennenii (Bianor) Sennen
- Erodium ciconium subsp. sennenii (Bianor) Romo
- Erodium ciconium var. brevicaule (Bertol.) Rouy
- Erodium ciconium var. erectum DC.
- Erodium ciconium var. genuinum Rouy
- Erodium ciconium var. macropetalum Zohary.
- Erodium ciconium var. tenuisectum Nyman ex Rouy
- Erodium ciconium var. turcmenum Litv.
- Erodium longirostrum Formánek
- Erodium sennenii Bianor
- Erodium turcmenum (Litv.) Graub.
- Erodium turkmenum (Litv.) Grossh.
- Geranium ciconium L.
- Geranium viscosum Mill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: jacilluch, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: inessa.voet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: The original uploader was Jeantosti at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jm cc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dario Crespi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Georges Olioso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dario Crespi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jm cc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Georges Olioso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.