Crowfoot (Erodium crinitum)
Other names Eastern Stork's-Bill
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Exposure
- Full sun
Cultivation
We have almost no information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in this country. It probably prefers a sunny well-drained position and a limy soil or at least one that is not acid.
Propagation
Seed - sow in situ as soon as the seed is ripe in the late summer. The seed can also be sown in situ in late spring.
Edible uses
Root - cooked.
Habitat
Grasslands and woodlands. Dry often sandy places in all mainland states.
Native range
Australia - all mainland states.
Same genus
- Longbeak stork's bill (Erodium botrys)
- Shortfruit stork's bill (Erodium brachycarpum)
- Common stork's bill (Erodium ciconium)
- Common Stork's-bill (Erodium cicutarium)
- Redstem filaree (Erodium aethiopicum)
- Australian stork's bill (Erodium cygnorum)
- Iranian stork's bill (Erodium gruinum)
- Cutleaf stork's bill (Erodium laciniatum)