Erodium sp.

A Storksbill at Mawson, ACT

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Identification history

	Erodium sp.	30 Aug 2019	MichaelMulvaney
	Erodium crinitum	30 Aug 2019	Mike

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2 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

31 Aug 2019

It is either Erodium botrys or Erodium brachycarpum. Apart from having the distinctive blue flowers, crinitum leaves have leaflets. In botrys and brachycarpum, the leaves are deeply lobed, which I saw in your photo in a leaf near the middle of the bottom. In botrys, the ‘seeds’ have awns usually more than 8.5 cm long, and the pits at the base of the awn on the ‘seeds’ are hairless and have an acute papery rim. In brachycarpum, the ‘seeds’ have awns more or less 8.5 cm long, and the pits at the base of the awn on the ‘seeds’ are hairy and have an obtuse rim. (key couplets in Plantnet)’

Mike wrote:

31 Aug 2019

Thanks Betty, I wasn't sure about crinitum and the leaves look like botrys. CNM doesn't have brachycarpum though it is in the ACT Plant Census. In either case, not native.

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