Soft Stork's-bill

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Erodium malacoides

Soft Stork's-bill, a reference photo
Photo: Alvesgaspar · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Erodium malacoides is a species of flowering plant in the geranium family known by the common names mallow-leaved stork's bill, Mediterranean stork's bill, and soft stork's-bill. It is an annual or biennial herb which is native to the Mediterranean region in southern Europe (north to 49°N in western France), northern Africa, and southwest Asia. It can be found locally elsewhere is an introduced species.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Soft Stork's-bill being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Geraniales
Family
Geraniaceae
Genus
Erodium
Species
Erodium malacoides

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