stork's-bill

Definitions

noun A plant of the genus Erodium, particularly the heron's-bill, E. cicutarium (also called hemlock stork's-bill), a low bushy herb with pinnate leaves, a mostly Old World plant, abundantly naturalized in many parts of the United States, perhaps indigenous in the west. See alfilerilla.
noun A plant of the related genus Pelargonium, which includes the geraniums, etc., of gardens.

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That small mossy circle would be thick with flowers, not one of them more than an inch high and some barely a centimetre – speedwell and forget-me-not, pearlwort and white flax, stork's-bill, cranesbill and valerianella, several minute purple vetches, and, best of all, a tiny pure-white saxifrage with scarlet leaves and stem.

Try Anything Twice 1938
To these may be added the white hemlock stork's-bill (_Erodium cicutarium album_) which grows very abundantly in some parts of my fatherland, and is easily recognizable by its pure green leaves and stems, even when not flowering.

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
Physostegia virginiana) [3] Pin clover (a.k.a. redstem filaree or common stork's-bill;

xenogere 2008
Physostegia virginiana) [3] Pin clover (a.k.a. redstem filaree or common stork's-bill;

xenogere 2008