Alfilaria / إبرة الراعي /

Common Stork’s Bill / Hemlock Stork’s Bill / ابرة العجوز / دهمية الغزال / دَردَر /

Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Hér.

Edibility and usage

Edibility

Delicious

Edible part

Young leaves
Young stems

Preparation

Cooked with olive oil
Raw
Salads

Blooming period

February to May

Foraging period

December to February

Seed collection period

April to July

Description

Perenniality

Annual

Petal colour

Pink

Leaf type

Dissected

Life form

Annual

Scientifc data

Genus

Erodium L'Hér.

Family

Geraniaceae

Wikidata item

Q157726

GBIF Item

Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Hér. (9485490)

References

Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Hér. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-02.
Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)
Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2022-08-02. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Erodium+cicutarium>

Citation

Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Hér. in Barari platform (2024). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/834 accessed via barari.org on 11/21/2024.