Biology:Erodium cygnorum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Genus: | Erodium |
| Species: | E. cygnorum
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Erodium cygnorum is a species of herb native to Australia .
It is commonly known as blue heronsbill in Western Australia,[1] and blue storksbill in South Australia.[2] In the United States , where the species is cultivated as a garden plant, it is commonly known as Australian stork's bill[3] and Australian filaree.[4] In the British Isles, it is commonly known as western stork's-bill.[5]
Description
It grows as an annual or perennial herb up to 60 centimetres high, with blue, purple or pink flowers.[1]
Taxonomy
This species was published in 1845, based on a specimen collected from the vicinity of Perth, Western Australia by Ludwig Preiss in 1839. In 1958, Roger Charles Carolin published a subspecies, Erodium cygnorum subsp. glandulosum, but this has since been promoted to species rank as E. carolinianum.[6] No infraspecific taxa of E. cygnorum are currently recognised.
Distribution and habitat
It is native to Australia, occurring in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.[7] The National Herbarium of New South Wales lists E. cygnorum as also occurring in New South Wales,[8] but they further identify their specimens as E. cygnorum subsp. glandulosum;[9] that is, E. carolinianum.
It favours red sand or clay loam, occurring in low-lying flats, along creeklines and on the margins of salt lakes.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Erodium cygnorum Nees". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/4335.
- ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Erodium cygnorum | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?318212 | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = }}, citing Jessop, J. P.; Toelken, H. R. (1986). Flora of South Australia (4th ed.).
- ↑ "Erodium cygnorum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ERCY2. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ↑ "Erodium cygnorum Nees". CalFlora. http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=3449. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ "Erodium cygnorum subsp. glandulosum Carolin". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=5545.
- ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Erodium cygnorum | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?318212 | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = }}
- ↑ Nees. "New South Wales Flora Online: Erodium cygnorum". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Erodium~cygnorum.
- ↑ Carolin. "New South Wales Flora Online: Erodium cygnorum subsp. glandulosum". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Erodium~cygnorum+subsp.~glandulosum.
Wikidata ☰ Q5395277 entry
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