Erodium gruinum, Long-beaked stork's-bill,
Crane stork's bill, Iranian stork's bill,
Hebrew: מקור-חסידה גדול, Arabic: إبرة الراعي

Scientific name:		Erodium gruinum (L.) L'Hér.
Synonym name:		Erodium uniflorum (L.) Pacho
Common name:		Long-beaked stork's-bill, crane stork's bill, Iranian stork's bill
Hebrew name:		מקור-חסידה גדול
Arabic name:		إبرة الراعي
Plant Family:		Geraniaceae, גרניים

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Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Stems:		10-70 cm high
Leaves:		Alternate, compound, pinnate, dentate or serrate; hairy
Inflorescence:		2-6 flowers in umbels from 8-10 cm
Flowers:		Corolla 5 free petals, blue, violet; ovary superior; bracts whitish
Fruits / pods:		Capsules, hairy, with narrow beak, 6-11 cm long
Flowering Period:		February, March, April, May
Habitat:		Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Derivation of the botanical name: Erodium, Greek: erodiós or ερωδιός, a heron; the carpels of these plants resemble the head and beak of a heron. gruinum, grus, crane; inus, belonging to or resembling; crane like. uniflorum, one flowered. The Hebrew word: מקור-חסידה, makor chasida / stork beak, is a mistake in the translation (chasida means stork). In Greek, the stork is called Πελασγός pelargos, pelargonium. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. The standard author abbreviation L’Hér. is used to indicate Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (1746 – 1800), a French botanist and magistrate. The standard author abbreviation Pacho is used to indicate Jean-Raimond Pacho (1794 - 1824), a plant collector.