Erodium moschatum
(L.) L'Her ex Aiton
Musk Storksbill, Crowfoot, Musk-clover, White-stem filaree
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, added to salads or used as a potherb.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate and Mediterranean climate plant. It grows on cultivated and waste ground and along roadsides. Tasmania Herbarium.
Argentina, Australia, Chile, Europe, France, India, Italy, Korea, Mediterranean, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, North America, Portugal, Russia, Siberia, Sicily, Slovenia, South Africa, South America, Spain, Tasmania, Turkey, Türkiye, USA,
How to Identify
A herb which grows for one or two years. It can be erect or lie down. It grows to 50 cm high. The leaves are 10-30 cm long. The leaves are deeply dissected. This is almost to the midrib. There are 5-11 leaflets. These are 1-4 cm long by 0.5-3 cm wide. The leaf segments have teeth. The flowering stalks are in the axils of leaves. There are 6-10 or more flowers in a head. The stalks are 6-10 cm long. The petals are pink. The fruit has a beak 4-5 cm long. The beak on the seed is short. The plant smells of musk.
Nutrition Score: 22/100
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaves | 88.9 | 139 | 33 | 2.5 | — | — | — | — |
How to Grow
Propagation: Sow seed in situ as soon as it is ripe in late summer, or alternatively in late spring. It usually germinates readily.
Medicinal Uses
The plant is febrifuge. A tincture of the plant is used in the treatment of dysentery.
Other Uses
A green dye can be obtained from the whole plant and requires no mordant.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Erodium moschatum is a species of flowering plant in the geranium family known by the common names musk stork's-bill and whitestem filaree. This is a weedy annual or biennial herb which is native to much of Eurasia and North Africa but can be found on most continents where it is an introduced species. In North America, it is found in most of the northeast United States and in Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona, as well as the Canadian provices of Québec and Ontario.
Other Information
It is cultivated.
Notes
There are about 200 Erodium species.
Names & Synonyms
Ciyanotu, Donbaba, Ignelik, Kocakari ignesi, Kulunca, Muškatni čapljevec
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