A Storksbill at Mawson, ACT
Identification history
| Erodium sp. | 30 Aug 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Erodium crinitum | 30 Aug 2019 | Mike |
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2 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
31 Aug 2019
It is either Erodium botrys or Erodium brachycarpum. Apart from having the distinctive blue flowers, crinitum leaves have leaflets. In botrys and brachycarpum, the leaves are deeply lobed, which I saw in your photo in a leaf near the middle of the bottom. In botrys, the ‘seeds’ have awns usually more than 8.5 cm long, and the pits at the base of the awn on the ‘seeds’ are hairless and have an acute papery rim. In brachycarpum, the ‘seeds’ have awns more or less 8.5 cm long, and the pits at the base of the awn on the ‘seeds’ are hairy and have an obtuse rim. (key couplets in Plantnet)’
Mike
wrote:
31 Aug 2019
Thanks Betty, I wasn't sure about crinitum and the leaves look like botrys. CNM doesn't have brachycarpum though it is in the ACT Plant Census. In either case, not native.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.092337-35.357879
- Altitude 649.1m
- Maps Mawson Ponds
- Places Mawson, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 30 Aug 2019 01:21 PM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Erodium sp. Scientific name
- A Storksbill Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 788m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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