Sticky Stork's-bill
Sticky Stork's-bill, 3-4 flowers per cluster
Flower - no spots on bigger petals
Hairy sepals and flower stem
Fruits - lobed capsules
Hairy leaves
Sand grains stuck to stem and leaves (sticky)
Creeping stem
Erodium lebelii
Geraniaceae
April to September
It is very thinly scattered round the coast and slightly more
common in the Northwest
See thre BSBI distribution map for Sticky Stork's-bill
It is found on bare, sandy places – usually stabilised sand
dunes by the sea.
The plants shown here were taken on Cogden Beach, West
Dorset, close to a sandy path between grassland and shingle.
Sticky Stork’s-bill is a native, annual, mainly prostrate, creeping
herb.
The flowers are smaller (up to 1cm) than Common Stork’s-bill
and the 2 larger petals do not have black spots.
There are fewer flowers (2-4) in a cluster in Sticky Stork’s-bill.
Leaves are pinnately-lobed, greyish green and rather hairy
(sticky to the touch), often with sand attached.
Stems are hairy and creeping – rooting at the nodes.
The literature and guide books are not very clear about the
differences between Sticky Stork’s-bill and the maritime strains
of Common Stork’s-bill, E. cicutarium subsp. dunense.
The plants shown on this page and the Common Stork’s-bill page
do appear to be different.
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Sticky Stork's-bill, 3-4 flowers per cluster
Flower - no spots on bigger petals
Hairy sepals and flower stem
Fruits - lobed capsules
Hairy leaves
Sand grains stuck to stem and leaves (sticky)
Creeping stem
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