Redstem filaree – Erodium cicutarium - Plant & Pest Diagnostics

Redstem filaree – Erodium cicutarium

Erodium cicutarium (L.) L’Hér. ex Ait.

Geraniaceae (Geranium family)

MI Status

Non-native

Life cycle

Prostrate, fernlike winter annual or biennial.

Leaves

Leaves are hairy and compound with deeply cut leaflets that give a featherlike or fernlike appearance. Leaves initially develop from a dense basal rosette and stem leaves are opposite and sparse. Leaves usually have a grayish tinge.

Stems

Hairy, semierect stems arise from a prostrate, basal rosette.

Flowers and fruit

Pink or purple flowers with five petals are found clustered at the ends of long stalks. Fruit are long, beaklike capsules with five sections; each section contains a seed with a spirally twisted, corkscrew tail at maturity.

Reproduction

Seeds.

Redstem filaree flowers and fruit — Redstem filaree flower cluster

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