Israel wildflowers: Musky Stork’s-bill
Erodium moschatum, Musky Stork’s-bill, White-Stem Filaree,
Hebrew: מקור-חסידה מצוי, Arabic: الرقمة المسكية
| Scientific name: | Erodium moschatum (L.) L’Hér. | |
| Common name: | Musky Stork’s-bill, White-Stem Filaree | |
| Hebrew name: | מקור-חסידה מצוי | |
| Arabic name: | الرقمة المسكية | |
| Español: | Almizclera | |
| 中文-Chinese: | 麝香尨牛儿苗 | |
| Plant Family: | Geraniaceae, גרניים |
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| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Stems: | 10–60 cm, decumbent to ascending, short hairy | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound, pinnate, dentate or serrate | |
| Inflorescence: | Umbel | |
| Flowers: | 5 free green, generally oval shaped, sepals with a bristle-like green tip. This tip usually forms 2 long, divergent and translucent hairs or bristles; 5 oval shaped petals, slightly wrinkled, with short, hairy claws (the sepals and petals alternate over each other);the petal colour varies from off-white pink, to lilac, to purple; superior ovary consisting of 5 mericarps, initially united, then separates at the fruiting phase; single style and a terminal stigma which splits into 5 filiform parts that are purple; filaments purple, anthers maroon and covered with yellow or amber pollen | |
| Fruits / pods: | Mericarp | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts | |
| Chorotype: | Med – Irano-Turanian | |
| 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.
moschatum, musky, musk-scented. Gives out a musky odor when wilted.
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