Texas Stork's Bill
Erodium texanum
Texas stork's bill is a low desert annual that opens rich magenta-purple flowers after winter rains, an early-season nectar source and cheerful, drought-adapted reseeder for sunny, gravelly ground.
- Family
- Geraniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.3–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- red, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AZ, CA, MO, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT