Geraniaceae FAMILY
Erodium malacoides
Erodium malacoides
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Erodium malacoides is a Annual/Biennial It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope - Mediterranean.
HabitatRoadsides and waste places in dry open habitats[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. , 89 Title Flowers of the Mediterranean. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Huxley. A. Publisher Hogarth Press Year 1987 ISBN 0-7012-0784-1 Description A very readable pocket flora that is well illustrated. Gives some information on plant uses. ].