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Storksbill flowers occur in clusters of 4-8. Each flower is  1/2" across with five hairy, green, widely-spreading sepals; five purplish or pink petals; five fertile stamens with reddish-orange anthers; and five fused pistils, separate at the tips of the styles where five purple stigmas in a star-shape are prominant. The fruit is a long, narrow awl-shaped "storksbill" up to 1.5" long whose base is the mature seeds (usually five) and whose long "bill" consists of the laterally joined awns (long bristle-like structures) of the seeds. The seeds are explosively dispersed when the "storksbill" splits longitudinally into five separate awns; the attached seeds are flung away from each other (at 4 meters/sec). The attached awns also allow each seed to self-bury. Storksbill is native to the Mediterranean; it was introduced to North America in the 18th century and is now naturalized.
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Erodium

Erodium cicutarium

storksbill [Blooms: Apr-Jun]

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I want to acknowledge the work of a friend and colleague, Dr. Fred Donner. We both share a passion for the flowers in Jackson Park. Fred's website (jacksonparkwildflowers.org) inspired me to build my own website and database; use and enjoy them both.

I am also pleased to thank my ninja web gurus and coders, Lindsey Young and Stefanie Engstrom. This site would not exist without their herculean labors.

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