Erodium botrys

(Cav,) Bertol.

Long heronsbill

GeraniaceaeFruit
Erodium botrys
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Erodium botrys
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Young fruit

The immature fruit base is chewed as a snack.

Where to Find It

It is a Mediterranean plant.

Australia, Europe, Spain, Tasmania,

Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Australia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine

How to Identify

A Mediterranean herb of the geranium family.

Wikipedia

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Erodium botrys is a species of flowering plant in the geranium family known by the common names longbeak stork's bill, Mediterranean stork's-bill and broadleaf filaree.

Names & Synonyms

Relojes

Erodion botrydium (Cav.) St-Lag.Erodium gasparrinii Guss.Erodium pauciflorum Turcz.Geranium botrys Cav.
References (1)
  • Gonzalez, J. A., et al, 2011, The consumption of wild and semi-domesticated edible plants in the Arribes del Duero (Salamanca-Zamora, Spain): an analysis of traditional knowledge. Genetic. Resour Crop Evolution 58:991-1006

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