Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Redstem Storksbill
(Red-stemmed Filaree)

Erodium cicutarium - Common, all spring, annual or biennial, 1-12 in. Tuft or rosette of 1-15 in. stems. Leaves upright or lying flat on the ground, fern-like, divided into leaflets with pointed tips, slightly hairy. Flowers 1/3-2/3 in. across in clusters on long stalks from leaf axils. Flower with 5 red-lavender petals. Seed capsules divide from beak at bottom, twisting as they dry. Found throughout the western states in fields, roadsides, other open disturbed places, at low elevations. Nonnative.