Erodium texanum – Texas Stork's Bill

Erodium texanum - Texas Stork's Bill, Desert Stork's-Bill, Heron's Bill

Erodium texanum - Texas Stork's Bill, Desert Stork's-Bill, Heron's Bill

Plant Name

Scientific Name: Erodium texanum

Common Names: Texas Stork's Bill, Desert Stork's-Bill, Heron's Bill

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Annual, Biennial

Growth Habit: Herb/Forb

Arizona Native Status: Native

Habitat: Desert

Flower Color: Purplish pink, Purple

Flowering Season: Spring

Height: Trailing to 2 feet (61 cm) long

Description: The flowers have 5 petals and are up to 1 1/2 inches (3 cm) in diameter. The fruit is long, slender, and beak-like. The leaves have depressed, often reddish veins and are scalloped and pinnately tri-lobed with a large central lobe. The stems are usually reddish. The plants are low growing and spreading.

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae – Geranium family
Genus: Erodium L'Hér. ex Aiton – stork's bill
Species: Erodium texanum A. Gray – Texas stork's bill

More About This Plant

Arizona County Distribution Map