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Red-Stemmed Filaree |
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Crane's Bill |
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Alfilaria |
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Pin Grass |
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Common Storksbill |
Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb Grass/Grass-like |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Soil pH Preferences: | Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
Plant Height: | 12 to 24 inches |
Plant Spread: | Introduced species that has become an invasive weed in North America. |
Fruit: | Edible to birds Dehiscent Other: Sharp pointed, narrow capsules. |
Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Pink |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer Summer |
Underground structures: | Taproot |
Uses: | Groundcover Suitable for forage |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
Resistances: | Humidity tolerant Drought tolerant Salt tolerant |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Needs specific temperature Can handle transplanting |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Pollinators: | Self Beetles Moths and Butterflies Bees |
Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Preferred depth: Erodiums prefer a tall container |
Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil |
April showers bring May flowers, which means plenty of food for honey bees. Gardeners will soon be busy setting out the plants they bought or grew from seeds. And now that the number of honey bees has increased, the honey supers are being filled with surplus honey.
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Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Mar 23, 2012 3:01 PM Honey bees get nectar from this plant. [ Reply to this comment | |
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common weed here - do you know what it is? by svbz | Feb 9, 2020 1:48 PM | 3 |
What is this plant? by alexfoc | May 7, 2017 10:04 PM | 8 |
Erodium cicutarium? by toquieroyacobell | Nov 28, 2016 8:28 PM | 4 |
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