Erodium botrys
Grape filaree
The grapes Heron (Erodium botrys ) is an annual plant of the genus heron beaks. The species is native to the Mediterranean.
Description
The grape - heron beak is an annual, herbaceous plant, reaching the heights of growth of 5 to 40 centimeters. At the base of the long, screwed down hair -occupied and glandular at the top of the stem fiederspaltigen are up one to two times in stem leaves always doubly fiederschnittigen leaves. The ovate to lanceolate leaf blade is 2 to 4 inches long.
Bloom time is from April to May The inflorescence is a two, rarely one to vierblütige umbel, the brown, ovate - lanceolate bracts are 2 mm long and 2-4 mm wide. The glands occupied, 9-11 mm long sepals bear around 1 millimeter long awn at its outermost end. The petals are purple and up to 15 millimeters long. The whitish hairy fruits are 8 to 15 millimeters long, the outer end they have two wings. The beak is 5 to 11 inches long.
Dissemination
The species is widespread around the Mediterranean. The stenöke kind settled there, mainly wasteland and ruins at altitudes from 0 to 1000 meters.
In Australia it was introduced, there she is now one of the preferred food plants of the singing parakeet who eats the unripe seed pods of this plant.