Hebrew: מקור-חסידה תל-אביבי, Arabic: الرقمة تل أبيب
| Scientific name: | Erodium telavivense Eig. | |
| Common name: | Tel Aviv Stork's-bill | |
| Hebrew name: | מקור-חסידה תל-אביבי | |
| Arabic name: | الرقمة تل أبيب | |
| Plant Family: | Geraniaceae, גרניים |
Location: Poleg Nature Reserve |
| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Stems: | 20-50 cm high; hairy with papillary viscid hairs and shorter glandular hairs | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound, pinnate, dentate or serrate, apressed hairy | |
| Inflorescence: | Umbel, peduncles 2-4 flowered | |
| Flowers: | Sepals 6—10 mm long, 5-nerved, much enlarged in fruit terminated by a herbaceous 4—5 mm. long mucro; filaments much broadened at base, all fertile; petals pink, violet, somewhat papilose at base | |
| Fruits / pods: | Schizocarp; carpel 14-17mm long, hairy; beak 8-13 cm long | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April | |
| Habitat: | Sand | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Location: Poleg Nature Reserve 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. telavivense, Tel Aviv. 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.
Location: Poleg Nature Reserve 
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