Redstem filaree – Erodium cicutarium
Erodium cicutarium (L.) L’Hér. ex Ait.
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
MI Status
Non-native
Life cycle
Prostrate, fernlike winter annual or biennial.
Leaves
Leaves are hairy and compound with deeply cut leaflets that give a featherlike or fernlike appearance. Leaves initially develop from a dense basal rosette and stem leaves are opposite and sparse. Leaves usually have a grayish tinge.
Stems
Hairy, semierect stems arise from a prostrate, basal rosette.
Flowers and fruit
Pink or purple flowers with five petals are found clustered at the ends of long stalks. Fruit are long, beaklike capsules with five sections; each section contains a seed with a spirally twisted, corkscrew tail at maturity.
Reproduction
Seeds.
![Redstem filaree rosette](/pestid/uploads/images/Redstem-filaree-rosette-300x240.jpg)
![Redstem filaree seed](/pestid/uploads/images/Redstem-filaree-seed50-300x200.jpg)
![Redstem filaree flower](/pestid/uploads/images/Redstem-filaree-flower-300x242.jpg)
![Redstem filaree flowers and fruit](/pestid/uploads/images/Redstem-filaree-flowers-and-fruit-300x225.jpg)