Erodium texanum

Texas filaree, Texas Filaree

Family: Geraniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Texas filaree is a California native annual found in southern San Joaquin Valley, southern Southern California, Peninsular Ranges, and Desert regions in dry, open scrub sites at elevations below 1,500 meters. Flowering from February to June, this plant produces pink to purple flowers 7 to 15 millimeters long with unequal petals. Growing with prostrate to ascending stems 10 to 50 centimeters long that are somewhat hairy, it spreads in low, sprawling clusters. Its simple leaves are 1.5 to 4 centimeters long, ovate to heart-shaped, deeply lobed, and densely covered in fine hairs. The fruit develops a slender style column 3 to 7 centimeters long, creating a distinctive beak-like appearance.

Habitat: Dry, open sites, scrub

Bloom period: Feb-Jun

Elevation: < 1500 m

Bioregions: s SnJV, s SCo (rare), PR, D

California counties: Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, Kings, Merced, Amador

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