Common Stork's bill, Alfilaria, Filaree (Honey bee plants of Hawaii, United States)

Common Stork's bill, Alfilaria, Filaree

Erodium cicutarium

Summary ⁴

Pollen: Low
Nectar: Low

Flowering time 8-10 Europe. Minor weed...Annual or biennial of mostly moist, disturbed sites. Hairy, deeply double-lobed leaves with musk-like odour Small pink to purplish flowers with 5 spoon-like petals, well separated from each other. Pollen dark red to reddish-brown. The twisted, dry style, which is attached to the seed, turns under changing moisture conditions. (Johannsmeier, M. F. (2016). Beeplants of South Africa: Sources of Nectar, Pollen, Honeydew and Propolis for Honeybees)

A european weed especially common in the southwest, where it blooms in late winter and early sping. Filaree is chiefly of value for poell and the nectar for spring stimulation. (Lovell, H. B. (1966). Honey Plants Manual)

Annual [blooms] spring general [in Oregon] Good early nectar and pollen source. Also known alfilaria, heron's bill, stork's bill, etc. Nectar sugars reported as high as 61%. Pollen dark red but fades to brown, easily seen on incoming bees. (Burgett, D. M., Stringer, B. A., & Johnston, L. R. D. (1989). Nectar and Pollen Plants of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest)

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