Erodium cygnorum
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Erodium cygnorum is a species of herb native to Australia.
It is commonly known as blue heronsbill in Western Australia,{{FloraBase | name = Erodium cygnorum Nees | id = 4335}} and blue storksbill in South Australia.{{GRIN | name = Erodium cygnorum | id = 318212}}, citing {{cite book | author = Jessop, J. P. | author2 = Toelken, H. R. | name-list-style = amp | year = 1986 | title = Flora of South Australia | edition = 4th}} In the United States, where the species is cultivated as a garden plant, it is commonly known as Australian stork's bill{{PLANTS|id=ERCY2|taxon=Erodium cygnorum|accessdate=19 January 2016}} and Australian filaree.{{cite web | title = Erodium cygnorum Nees | work = CalFlora | url = http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=3449 | accessdate = 2009-01-05}} In the British Isles, it is commonly known as western stork's-bill.{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }}
Description
Taxonomy
This species was published in 1845, based on a specimen collected from the vicinity of Perth, Western Australia by Ludwig Preiss in 1839. In 1958, Roger Charles Carolin published a subspecies, Erodium cygnorum subsp. glandulosum, but this has since been promoted to species rank as E. carolinianum.{{APNI | name = Erodium cygnorum subsp. glandulosum Carolin | id = 5545}} No infraspecific taxa of E. cygnorum are currently recognised.
Distribution and habitat
It is native to Australia, occurring in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.{{GRIN | name = Erodium cygnorum | id = 318212}} The National Herbarium of New South Wales lists E. cygnorum as also occurring in New South Wales,{{NSW Flora Online | genus = Erodium | species = cygnorum | author = Nees}} but they further identify their specimens as E. cygnorum subsp. glandulosum;{{NSW Flora Online | genus = Erodium | species = cygnorum | subspecies = glandulosum | author = Carolin}} that is, E. carolinianum.
It favours red sand or clay loam, occurring in low-lying flats, along creeklines and on the margins of salt lakes.
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Category:Geraniales of Australia
Category:Rosids of Western Australia
Category:Flora of South Australia
Category:Flora of the Northern Territory
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