Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Erodium > Erodium moschatumErodium moschatum (musky stork's-bill; musky stork's bill)Synonyms: Erodium allotrichum (homotypic); Erodium australe (homotypic); Erodium dentatum; Erodium moschatum var. maculatum; Erodium moschatum var. minor; Erodium moschatum var. moschatum; Erodium moschatum var. praecox; Erodium robertianum (homotypic); Geranium cicutarium var. moschatum (homotypic); Geranium moschatum (homotypic) Erodium moschatum is a species of flowering plant in the geranium family known by the common names musk stork's-bill and whitestem filaree. This is a weedy annual or biennial herb which is native to much of Eurasia and North Africa but can be found on most continents where it is an introduced species. The young plant starts with a flat rosette of compound leaves, each leaf up to 15 centimeters long with many oval-shaped highly lobed and toothed leaflets along a central vein which is hairy, white, and stemlike. The plant grows to a maximum of about half a meter in height with plentiful fuzzy green foliage. The small flowers have five sepals behind five purple or lavender petals, each petal just over a centimeter long. The filaree fruit has a small, glandular body with a long green style up |
Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | Flower Type [1] | Hermaphrodite | Lifespan [1] | Annual/Biennial | Pollinators [1] | Insects, Lepidoptera | Scent [1] | The bruised leaves emit a strong scent of musk. | Structure [3] | Herb | Usage [1] | A green dye can be obtained from the whole plant. It does not require a mordant; | | Height [1] | 20 inches (0.5 m) | | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Sunny | Soil Acidity [2] | Moderate Acid | Soil Fertility [2] | Intermediate | Soil Moisture [2] | Mostly Dry | View Plants For A Future Record : Erodium moschatum |
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Species |
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Climate |
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Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Braunton Burrows |
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3328 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion |
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236876 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Essex Estuaries |
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114016 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Exmoor Heaths |
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26455 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Farallon National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
352 |
California, United States |
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Flinders Chase National Park |
II |
81245 |
South Australia, Australia |
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Gamkaberg Nature Reserve Provincial Nature Reserve |
IV |
23767 |
Western Cape, South Africa |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lands End and Cape Bank |
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74557 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru |
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3940 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Lizard Point |
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34565 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lyme Bay and Torbay |
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77215 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Norfolk Island National Park |
II |
1723 |
Australian external territories, Australia |
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Parco Del Cilento e Vallo de Diano National Park |
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551095 |
Italy |
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Parco Del Somma-Vesuvio e Miglio D'Oro National Park |
II |
33648 |
Italy |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve |
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1777 |
Spain |
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San Dimas Biosphere Reserve |
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17161 |
California, United States |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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South Wight Maritime |
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49082 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham |
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12696 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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