Violet Wildflower
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Name: Erodium
cicutarium Common Name: Redstem Stork's Bill, Filaree, Heron-bill Flower Color: Pinkish violet Plant Type: Herb, Annual, Biennial Height: Prostrate, sprawling to 15 inches (38 cm) wide Date Observed: February 26, 2004 Notes: The 1/4 inch (0.6 cm) wide flowers have 5 petals and 5 sepals. The seeds have a coiling and uncoiling tail that self-buries them. The leaves are pinnate with pinnately cleft leaflets. The stems are reddish and hairy. This is an introduced spring weed. |
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