Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Hérit.

English: Redstem Stork's Bill

German: Gewöhnlicher Reiherschnabel, Schierlings-Reiherschnabel

Mandarin: 芹叶牻牛儿苗 (qin ye mang niu er miao)

Portuguese: Bico De Cegonha

Spanish: Aguja De Pastor

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Geraniales (37)

        Family: Geraniaceae (19)(family description)

          Genus: Erodium (3)

            Epithet: cicutarium (L.) L'Hérit. (1)

cicutarium => refers to the leaves which resemble the leaves of Cicuta - Conium maculatum

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink, white

Check for Erodium cicutarium at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [31] Image of Erodium cicutarium - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
• [72] Erodium cicutarium L'Hér. subsp. cicutarium - Herbari de la Universitat de les Illes Balears
• [258] Erodium cicutarium - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [543] Erodium cicutarium - Plants For A Future database
• [1568] Erodium cicutarium - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [31] Canzobre, H.L., Samartín, L.A. (1998): Guía da flora do litoral galego. Edicións Xerais de Galicia, Vigo, Spain.
• [30] Lippert,W., Podlech,D. (1994): Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins, London, UK.
• [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.