Distribution:
Left: S.D. County Plant Atlas (http://sdplantatlas.org). Right: CCH2. Click to see current herbarium records.
Erodium botrys
An annual herb, with simple, pinnately divided leaves.
Note fruit, with strongly 5-lobed, hairy ovary having two apical furrows and long, accrescent style, functioning to burrow seeds into ground.
See video of Erodium cicutarium fruits, burrowing by changes in humidity (hygroscopic movement).
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