Erodium cicutarium

Redstem filaree, Redstem Filaree

Family: Geraniaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Conservation status: Cal-IPC Yes

Redstem filaree is a naturalized annual found throughout California in open, disturbed sites, grasslands, and scrub areas at elevations below 2,000 meters. Flowering from February to September, this plant produces pink to purple flowers with darker veined bases in delicate clusters. Growing with decumbent to ascending stems 10 to 50 centimeters tall that are glandular-hairy, it spreads easily across disturbed landscapes. Its compound leaves feature 9 to 13 deeply dissected leaflets with narrow segments approximately 1 to 2 millimeters wide, creating a finely textured appearance. The plant produces distinctive fruit bodies 4 to 7 millimeters long with nearly round pits and a slender style column extending 2 to 5 centimeters.

Habitat: Open, disturbed sites, grassland, scrub

Bloom period: Feb-Sep

Elevation: < 2000 m

Bioregions: CA

California counties: Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Kern, Fresno, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Mariposa, Riverside, Monterey, Orange, Lake, Santa Clara, San Diego, Glenn, San Benito, Modoc, Butte, Santa Cruz, San Joaquin, Inyo, Contra Costa, Imperial, Merced, Tulare, San Francisco, Alameda, Tuolumne, Siskiyou, Madera, San Mateo, Yuba, Yolo, Lassen, El Dorado, Plumas, Solano, Amador, Sutter, Colusa, Calaveras, Nevada, Mono, Marin, Sacramento, Placer, Tehama, Mendocino, Humboldt, Alpine, Shasta, Napa, Stanislaus, Kings, Trinity, Del Norte, Sierra, Sonoma

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.