Geranium Family
Storksbill, Alfilaria Erodium Cicutarium
The fruit of the Storksbill bears a fancied resemblance to the long beak of a crane or stork, and both the common and scientific names refer to this resemblance. The flowers are rose-purple and look like those of a small geranium. The twisted fruits have been carried everywhere by sheep, and the plants are especially common in roadsides and pastures at 4000-7000 ft. The Storksbill has been somewhat used in medicine as a mild astringent and tonic, and under the name of “Filaree” it is greatly prized by stockmen as forage, especially for sheep.