storksbill

Wild meadow flower

Storksbill is a wild plant with seed pods shaped like a stork's long bill.

The pods spiral as they dry, drilling seeds into the soil.

Related to geraniums, storksbills grow low to the ground with small pink or purple flowers.

Also called erodium or heron's bill.

botany

pelargonium

Flowering houseplant genus

herbaceous · perennial · rosette · taproot · seedpod · inflorescence · foliage · pinnate · lobed · basal

seedpod

capsule

Enclosed dose container

awn · ejection · dispersal · hygroscopic · coiling · pointed · elongated · fruit · germination

wildflower

meadow

Grassy field for grazing

petals · pollination · nectar · pollinator · biodiversity · ecosystem · habitat · hedgerow · wayside · springtime

Opposites
related geraniaceae genera

storksbillcranesbill

Wild flowering plant

geranium · pelargonium

Family

bill, storks, bills, stork, cranesbill, storklike

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G