Erodium hirtum
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Perennial (hardy)
- Exposure
- Full sun
Cultivation
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. Division in spring. Larger clumps can be replanted direct into their permanent positions, though it is best to pot up smaller clumps and grow them on in a cold frame until they are rooting well. Plant them out in the spring.
Edible uses
Root. No further details are given.
Material uses
A green dye can be obtained from the whole plant. It does not require a mordant.
Habitat
Sandy hillsides.
Native range
S. Europe to W. Asia.
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)