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Thank so much to Sonnia Hill for correction ID of this plant
Taken in Hewitt, Texas
Vietnamese named :
Common names : Redstem filaree, Common Stork's-bill, Filaree, Pin-clover
Scientist name : Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Hér. ex Aiton
Family : Geraniaceae . Họ Mỏ Hạc
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Geraniales
Genus:Erodium
Species:E. cicutarium
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Herb: Stork's Bill
Latin name: Erodium cicutarium
Family: Geraniaceae (Geranium Family)
Medicinal use of Stork's Bill: The whole plant is astringent and haemostatic. It has been used in the treatment of uterine and other bleeding. The root and leaves have been eaten by nursing mothers to increase the flow of milk. Externally, the plant has been used as a wash on animal bites, skin infections etc. A poultice of the chewed root has been applied to sores and rashes. A tea made from the leaves is diaphoretic and diuretic. An infusion has been used in the treatment of typhoid fever. The leaves are soaked in bath water for the treatment of rheumatism. The seeds contain vitamin K, a poultice of them is applied to gouty typhus.
Description of the plant:
Plant: Annual
Height: 60 cm (2 feet)
Flovering: June to September
Habitat of the herb: Sandy dunes, grassland, arable land, waste areas, roadsides, railway embankments etc, usually near the sea.
Edible parts of Stork's Bill: Young leaves - raw or cooked as a potherb. Harvested in the spring before the plant flowers, they are tasty and nutritious. The leaves are added to salads, sandwiches, soups etc, they can be used in recipes that call for leaves of beet, plantain, sow thistle or amaranth. Young stems - raw. Root - chewed by children as a gum.
Other uses of the herb: A green dye is obtained from the whole plant. It does not require a mordant. The remnants of the styles are very hygroscopic, they can be used in hygrometers and as weather indicators. The dried plant powder has been mixed with watermelon seeds during storage and planting in order to prevent watermelon disease.
Propagation of Stork's Bill: Seed - sow in situ as soon as the seed is ripe in the late summer. The seed can also be sown in situ in late spring. Germination usually takes place within 3 weeks.
Cultivation of the herb: Sandy dunes, grassland, arable land, waste areas, roadsides, railway embankments etc, usually near the sea.
Known hazards of Erodium cicutarium: None known
Plant information taken from the Plants For A Future.
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rodium cicutarium (L.) L’Hér. GERANIACEAE
Common names: Alfilaria, Red-Stemmed Filaree, Wild Musk, Pin Clover, Pin Grass (Hortus)
Medit. region. Ann. to 1.5 ft. Lvs. pinnate, lfts. pinntifid, rachis not toothed between lfts. Peduncles 5-10-fld., bracts united. Fls. purple or pink, 0.2” across. Nat. in N & S Am.. A weedy plant, valuable for forage (Hortus Third 1976: 443). Root was formerly a source of a dye in the Hebrides (Mabberley 1998: 265) In Guatemala 1,500-3,760 m. Eaten by stock, or it would prob. be more common than it is. Well est. on the v. summit of the Volcán de Santa María, just in front of the large cross erected there. It seemed so out of place there, where all the other plants are native alpines, that Standley hesitated to touch the plants in the presence of the Indian guide. This is one of the most important religious shrines of the Quetzaltenango Indians, and one to which weird and cruel rites have been ascribed. However the guide said the plants were of no importance. They were probably intro. casually by some of the many Indians who meet there for purposes known only to themselves (Flora of Guatemala 1946: 369). Young plants gathered, eaten cooked or raw by Blackfeet, Shoshones, Digger Indians. In CA called pin grass, stem is edible (Sturtevant 1972: 256). Through the foothills & lower passes in S CA, as high as 6,000 ft., esp. this & E. texanum. One of the earliest fall plants, appears after the first fall rains. Filaree was a favorite pot herb of the Cahuilla. The best time to gather it was just before it bloomed, Jan.-April. Calistro Tortes said it tasted like spinach. Could be eaten raw, but was usually cooked. Abundant around village sites, where it was readily available to women on their daily food round. One name was tuchily hemu’, ‘humming-bird’s nose’ (Bean & Saubel 1972). Infrequent spreading ann. of flat desert basins. Fls. purple. Seeds of this & E. texanum are stored in quantity by harvester ants of the genus Messor. The husks and spirally coiled beaks are discarded outside the nest crater, forming a broad circular cushion (Jaeger 1941). Naturalized in the Valley of Mexico. Creeping stems. Used for sore throat, inflammations of the mouth. Use a decoction of 60 g plant in 1,500 g water, boiled until reduced to 1 liter. Take 120-150 g three times a day. Ensayo para la Materia Medica Mexicana 1832: Sweetened with ‘miel rosada’ or with any syrup, then used in gargles as a detergent in inflammatory affections of the throat (Martínez 1959: Medicinales, page 34). A v. common plant in the uplands of Chih., esp. in desert meadows. A quelite of Eu. origin. Tarahumar cook the lvs. for several hours, drain & eat. Drink an infusion of the whole plant for sore throat, cough, stomach ache. Lvs. crushed, dampened, placed in the ear for earache. Boil the pink fls., add to water with a little alum to give a yellow dye. Hanks of wool placed in the mixture and the water boiled for several hours, then leave in the dye for a few days, dry in the sun (Pennington 1963). In NM, boiled by Hispanics, drunk as a diuretic. Boiled as a bath for rheumatism. For gonorrhea, make a decoction with Distichlis [Poaceae] and piloncillo [brown sugar], and drink lukewarm twice a day. For urinary disorders make a tea. In SLP, for sore throat boil in water and gargle (Ford 1975). Prostrate spreading stems, forms mats. Young plants in a salad, or cooked as potherbs. An imp. winter & early spring forage for livestock on open range (Kirk 1970). An ornamental pot-plant (Santamaría 1978: Aguja de pastor). Valid species (GRIN 2006)
A Rose by any other name ....
Image by Holly Ford Brown
as featured in the Reverand's garden; but I can't help thinking this looks like an animal of some sort. Is it my unusual way of looking at things or does anyone else see it?
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