Sea Stork's-bill

Sea Stork's-bill - Erodium maritimum

Description

Unlike Erodium cicutarium, this species has undivided leaves. The flowers are pink in colour, but according to Stace it usually doesn't have petals and sometimes doesn't have a stem either. 

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Unless identified by a recognised expert, a photo is required and the specimen should be examined with a microscope. In the comments box, state the key or ID method used and describe the size and identifying characters.

Habitat

Dunes & dune slacks, short turf and dry, sandy places.

When to see it

In flower May to September.

Life History

Annual.

UK Status

It has a mainly western distribution being mostly found round the coasts of Wales, Cornwall and Devon.

VC55 Status

The record in 2019 from Moira is only the second for Leicestershire and Rutland and the first since 1978.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

Additional images

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All NatureSpot records