Geraniaceae
Mediterranean stork's bill
Erodium malacoides
- Family
- Geraniaceae
- Genus
- Erodium
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- رقمة طرية
- Croatian
- Pužasti čapljan
- English
- Mediterranean stork's bill
- French
- Bec-de-grue à feuilles de mauve, Érodium Fausse-Mauve, Bec-de-grue à feuille de mauve, Érodium fausse mauve
- German
- Herzblatt-Reiherschnabel, Malvenblättriger Reiherschnabel
- Hebrew
- מקור-חסידה חלמיתי
- kab
- Timcet n tegmart
- Slovak
- Bocianik slezolistý
- Slovenian
- Srčastolistni čapljevec
- Spanish
- Ciguena malva, Cigueña malva, Cigüena malva, Cigüeña malva, Filamaria, Filamaría, Hierba de la raiz corta, Hierba de la raiz cortá
- Swedish
- Kattostnäva
- Welsh
- Pig-y-crëyr dail hocys
Synonyms
- Erodion malachoideum St.-Lag.
- Erodium glabellum Delile ex Steud.
- Geranium malacoides L.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to May (from 692 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Marios Thoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Aude PAQUOT, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Naturgrama, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: CeliaF, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.