HYPP-A Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie
Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon

Bayer Code : eromo

Scientific name: Erodium moschatum (L.) L'Heritier

Synonym(s) of Sc. name:Erodium moschatum (L.) L'Her.Erodium moschatum (L.) L'Her.

Classification: Geraniaceae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: susk stork's-bill

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Moschus-Reiherschnabel ; ES : hierba de almizcle ; FR : érodium musqué ; IT : ; PT : agulheira-moscada ; EN : susk stork's-bill ;

Biological type: Annual, Biennial

Seed snapshot Seed:

.

Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons divided.

- Leaves pinnately divided.

Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 10-50 cm.

- Stem spreading, often not longer than the leaves, glandular -hairy.

- Leaves lower long-stalked, up to 25 cm long. Leaves once or twice pinnately and regularly divided with ovate segments deeply pinnately cut.

- Flowers crimson to crimson-purple, 4-8 in umbels. Bracteoles ovate-acute, not acuminate.

- Fruit with a beak 2.5 to 4 cm long.

- Plant ornamental with a smell of musk. Used as diuretic and vulnerary. Rare in crops.

- Biological type: Annual or biennial.

Ecological profile (click on flags): Spain   Present     France  Rare     Italy  Present     Portugal  Present    

Return INRA  Return INRA-Dijon  Return Weed Science & Agronomy Unit  Return HYPP-A

Copyright © 2000-2001 INRA, all rights reserved ; J.-P. Lonchamp, Nov. 2000
http://www.dijon.inra.fr/bga/hyppa/hyppa-a/eromo_ah.htm ,