GERANIACEAE

Erodium texanum

Common Name:  Stork's Bill, Texas Filaree

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habit--Erodium texanum is a low growing annual or biennial habit again showing leaves--how are these different from the leaves of Erodium cicutarium?
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flower rosette of leaves in Winter--these leaves are easily spotted in Winter!
fruits in Spring--these long fruits are why this species is sometimes called stork's-bill fruits up close--do you see the old sepals?  and the pedicels?