Iranian stork's bill / ابرة العجوز / / جِزاب كُرْكي

رقمة رافعية / إبرت العجوز / إبرت الراعي

Erodium gruinum (L.) L'Hér.

Flower, February. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Stems
Preparation
  • Salads
Blooming period
February to May
Foraging period
January to February
Seed collection period
June to July

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Dark blue
  • Violet
Leaf type
  • Compound
  • Pinnate
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Erodium
Family
Geraniaceae
Wikidata item
Q15327424
GBIF Item
Erodium gruinum (L.) L'Hér. (9537188)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  2. Houri, A., Machaka Houri, N. (2001). photographic guide to wild flowers of Lebanon. Beirut: Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  3. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  4. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  5. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  6. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.

Citation

Erodium gruinum (L.) L'Hér. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/515 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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