Musk Storksbill, Crowfoot, Musk-clover, White-stem filaree
Erodium moschatum

Family: Geraniaceae

What it is like

A herb which grows for one or two years. It can be erect or lie down. It grows to 50 cm high. The leaves are 10-30 cm long. The leaves are deeply dissected. This is almost to the midrib. There are 5-11 leaflets. These are 1-4 cm long by 0.5-3 cm wide. The leaf segments have teeth. The flowering stalks are in the axils of leaves. There are 6-10 or more flowers in a head. The stalks are 6-10 cm long. The petals are pink. The fruit has a beak 4-5 cm long. The beak on the seed is short. The plant smells of musk.

There are about 200 Erodium species.

Where it is found

It is a temperate and Mediterranean climate plant. It grows on cultivated and waste ground and along roadsides. Tasmania Herbarium.

Countries/locations it is found in

Argentina, Australia, Chile, Europe, France, India, Italy, Korea, Mediterranean, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, North America, Portugal, Russia, Siberia, Sicily, Slovenia, South Africa, South America, Spain, Tasmania, Turkey, Türkiye, USA

How it is used for food

The leaves are occasionally used as a spice. They are also fried and also used as stuffing in pastry.

It is cultivated.

Edible parts

Leaves

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Ciyanotu, Donbaba, Ignelik, Kocakari ignesi, Kulunca, Muškatni čapljevec

Synonyms

Erodium australe Salzm. ex Nyman; Erodium dentatum Dumort.; Erodium moschatum (L.) Willd.; Geranium cicutarium var. moschatum L.; Geranium moschatum (L.) Burm.f.; Geranium moschatum (L.) L.;