Erodium botrys (Cav.) Bertol.

vernacular longbeak stork's bill — species · Geraniaceae

USDA: ERBO
GBIF: 2891628
Rank: species

longbeak stork's bill (Erodium botrys) — Platephotograph · Joao Tiago Tavares source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Biennial
Group: Dicot
Family: Geraniaceae Juss.
Genus: Erodium

§2a

Native status, by region

L48 Lower 48 States Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 4 counties across 2 states/territories

Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 4 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: High
Shade: High
Moisture use: Medium
Fire: None
Salinity: Low
Anaerobic: None
CaCO₃: High
Hedging: None

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: 17 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 240 min.
Precipitation: 12–24 in/yr
pH range: 5.6–7.6
Root depth: 12 in min.
Fertility need: Medium
Soil texture: medium, fine

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Single Crown
Growth rate: Rapid
Mature height: 0.8 ft
Foliage texture: Fine
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Porous
Porosity (winter): Porous
Flower colour: Purple
Fruit colour: Brown
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Early Spring
Seed abundance: High
Seed begins: Spring
Seed ends: Spring
Spread rate: Rapid
Stratify: No
Seeds / lb: 850,000
Propagation: seed

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: No Known Source
Nursery stock: No
Browse palatability: High
Graze palatability: High
Palatable, human: No
Protein potential: High
Lumber: No
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 4 counties across 2 states/territories.

Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 I ▾

Vermont view state ↗ 1 I ▾

Chittenden 50007

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ERBO ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2891628 ↗

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