Erodium malacoides, Mediterranean stork's bill, Mallow Stork's-bill,
מקור-חסידה חלמיתי, ابرة العجوز
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| | Scientific name: |
| Erodium malacoides (L.) L’Hér. |
| Common name: |
| Mediterranean stork's bill, Mallow Stork's-bill |
| Hebrew name: |
| מקור-חסידה חלמיתי |
| Arabic name: |
| ابرة العجوز |
| Family: |
| Geraniaceae, גרניים |
Date Picture Taken: September 3, 2008
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| | Life form: |
| Therophyte, annual |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, entire, dentate or serrate |
| Flowers: |
| Pink, violet |
| Flowering Period: |
| January, February, March, April, May |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana, Disturbed habitats |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
| Chorotype: |
| Med - Irano-Turanian |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Date Picture Taken: February 3, 2007
Derivation of the botanical name:
Erodium, Greek erodios, a heron; the carpels of these plants resemble the head and beak of a heron.
malacoides, malacos, μαλακοϛ, soft, gentle; youthful; womanish; mucilaginous; ides -ιδηϛ, resemblance to; like mallow.
- 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.
Erodium malacoides has:
5 hairy light green sepals with dark green lengthwise veins and a bristle-like tip.
5 free, non-overlapping petals with a deep violet-magenta colour.
a superior positioned ovary with a short style and a terminal violet stigma, that splits into 5 thread-like parts.
5 stamens with a thin firm filament holding a bluish-violet anther that produce yellow pollen.
Location: Mount Carmel; Date Picture Taken: January 15, 2010
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