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Redstem Stork's-bill

Erodium cicutarium, also known as common stork's-bill, redstem filaree, redstem stork's bill or pinweed, is a herbaceous annual – or in warm climates, biennial – member of the family Geraniaceae of flowering plants. It is native to Macaronesia, temperate Eurasia and north and northeast Africa, and was introduced to North America in the eighteenth century, where it has since become naturalized, particularly in the deserts and arid grasslands of the southwestern United States.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Erodium cicutarium
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Erodium
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Geraniales
Habit: herb