Plants : GeraniaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Erodium lebelii Jordan

Sticky Stork's-bill

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Erodium lebelii

Description: A sand dune plant. Similar to, but much rarer than the common stork's-bill (Erodium cicutarium) and sticky to the touch because of an abundance of sticky-tipped hairs covering the plant's surfaces. Also called Erodium glutinosum.

All names: Erodium lebelii Jordan; Erodium glutinosum Dumort; Erodium cicutarium ssp. bipinatum auct. non (Cav.) Tourlet

Distribution Map from NBN: Erodium lebelii at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Erodium lebelii at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Erodium lebelii. Jordan. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3174. Accessed on 2026-11-02.