Erodium cygnorum

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Erodium cygnorum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Erodium
Species:
E. cygnorum
Binomial name
Erodium cygnorum

Erodium cygnorum is a species of herb native to Australia.

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It is commonly known as blue heronsbill in Western Australia, [1] and blue storksbill in South Australia. [2] In the United States, where the species is cultivated as a garden plant, it is commonly known as Australian stork's bill [3] and Australian filaree. [4] In the British Isles, it is commonly known as western stork's-bill. [5]

Description

It grows as an annual or perennial herb up to 60 centimetres high, with blue, purple or pink flowers. [1]

Taxonomy

This species was published in 1845, based on a specimen collected from the vicinity of Perth, Western Australia by Ludwig Preiss in 1839. In 1958, Roger Charles Carolin published a subspecies, Erodium cygnorum subsp. glandulosum, but this has since been promoted to species rank as E. carolinianum . [6] No infraspecific taxa of E. cygnorum are currently recognised.

Distribution and habitat

It is native to Australia, occurring in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. [7] The National Herbarium of New South Wales lists E. cygnorum as also occurring in New South Wales, [8] but they further identify their specimens as E. cygnorum subsp. glandulosum; [9] that is, E. carolinianum.

It favours red sand or clay loam, occurring in low-lying flats, along creeklines and on the margins of salt lakes. [1]

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References

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