Common storksbill

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Common storksbill

Latin Name: 
Erodium Cicutarium

Category:
Turf Weeds

Lifecycle:
Annual

Preferred Habitat:
Dry soils

Growth:
Resembles a crane’s bill, but with fern-like leaves and creeping stems which are hairy and scaly and a rosette of leaves arising from a thick tap root.

Flowers: 
Small pink flowers borne on an erect stalk with beak like fruits.