Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Erodium texanum
Erodium texanum A. Gray
Texas Stork's Bill, Stork's Bill, Pine Needle, Fillaree
Geraniaceae (Geranium Family)
USDA Symbol: ERTE13USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Erodium texanum
Texas Filaree, Heronbill, Storks Bill
Geranaceae
Location: S edge of Loop 410 & just W of Harry Wurzbach Rd--San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Steep, south facing slope. Among Lupinus and Poaceae.
Description: Annual/biennial, 15-45 cm tall. Mostly prostrate, spreading. Leaves long petioled, opposite, dissected in numerous shallow lobes with crenate margins. Flowers 5-petaled, reddish-purple, about 25 mm broad.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar 10, 1990
Specimen number: 362
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0567
Accession Date: Nov 17, 1993
Accession Number: 43
Annotations: SCFRB.
Correct name Erodium cicutarium
Harry Cliffe Dec 24, 1993