Erodium cicutarium (Redstem Stork's-bill)

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Erodium cicutarium, photographed by Sascha Nunheim — fig. a Sascha Nunheim, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205307369

Erodium cicutarium, photographed by Antony Coombs — fig. b Antony Coombs, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205419632

Erodium cicutarium, photographed by Ian Manning — fig. c Ian Manning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205161206

Erodium cicutarium, photographed by Pete Bradshaw — fig. d Pete Bradshaw, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204421194

Erodium cicutarium, photographed by Shalana Gray — fig. e Shalana Gray, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204171850

Erodium cicutarium, photographed by Dominic Gentilcore — fig. f Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205043773

Erodium cicutarium, photographed by Yann Kemper — fig. g Yann Kemper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203957818

Erodium cicutarium, photographed by ladyjanaye — fig. h ladyjanaye, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204459945

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Flowering n = 22,845 observations

936

2442

5956

6581

3207

1069

434

407

459

508

377

469

Flowering observations of Erodium cicutarium by month
Month	Observations
Jan	936
Feb	2442
Mar	5956
Apr	6581
May	3207
Jun	1069
Jul	434
Aug	407
Sep	459
Oct	508
Nov	377
Dec	469

Peak flowering in Apr, from 22,845 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 125 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

Erodium albidum Picard
Erodium alsiniflorum Delile
Erodium arenarium Jord.
Erodium atomarium Delile ex Godr.
Erodium baeticum Pau
Erodium ballii Jord.
Erodium bipinnatum var. albiflorum Merino
Erodium boraeanum Jord.
Erodium carneum Jord.
Erodium chaerophyllum (Cav.) Steud. ex Coss.
Erodium chaerophyllum Steud.
Erodium cicutarium f. arenarium (Jord.) Paol.
Erodium cicutarium f. argenteum Brumh.
Erodium cicutarium f. chaerophyllum (Cav.) DC.
Erodium cicutarium f. hirsutum (Jord. ex Boreau) Brumh.
Erodium cicutarium f. maculatum W.D.J.Koch ex Paol.
Erodium cicutarium f. pentalobum Dulac ex Brumh.
Erodium cicutarium f. pimpinellifolium (With.) Beck
Erodium cicutarium f. praecox Cout.
Erodium cicutarium f. praecox (Cav.) Paol.
Erodium cicutarium f. primulaceum (Welw. ex Lange) Mendonça & Vasc.
Erodium cicutarium f. subalbidum (Jord.) Paol.
Erodium cicutarium prol. dissectum Rouy
Erodium cicutarium prol. pimpinellifolium (With.) Rouy

and 101 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.