Erodium malachoides   Mallow-leaved Stork's-bill

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Also known as Soft-leaved Stork's-bill, this prostrate plant was found spreading across the waste ground by the edge of a layby on a hill. The leaves are covered with shiny glands but you can't see them in these photographs.

Roadside verge near sea, near Almuñécar, Spain 18th March 2007

Added on 8th January 2009, updated 29th March 2010

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