Geraniaceae
Australian stork's bill
Erodium cygnorum
- Family
- Geraniaceae
- Genus
- Erodium
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Australian stork's bill
- Swedish
- Svannäva
- Welsh
- Pig-y-crëyr orllewinol
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 115 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: James (Jim) Duggan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chantel McWilliam, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Erodium
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- Longbeak stork's billErodium botrysGeraniaceae
- Common stork's billErodium ciconiumGeraniaceae
- Erodium acauleGeraniaceae
- Erodium chiumGeraniaceae
- Erodium lebeliiGeraniaceae
- Texas stork's billErodium texanumGeraniaceae
- Cutleaf stork's billErodium laciniatumGeraniaceae
- Erodium aethiopicumGeraniaceae
- Erodium corsicumGeraniaceae
Sources: classification 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.