Common name:
Blue Crowfoot, Native Crowfoot

Family name:
Geraniaceae

Botanical name:
Erodium crinitum

Flowering/fruiting season:
January

Location:
Open grassy areas; disturbed ground (Burbidge & Gray, 1976:237)

Use:

• Food
• Leaf, tuberous root and seeds eaten (Gott, 1995)
• Roots cooked (Cribb & Cribb, 1987:183)

Notes:
May have only been used when other food scarce

Language names:

Horticulture :
Propagate from cuttings or seed; likes most soils, full sun. (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998:177)

Similar species:
Native Geranium Pelargonium australe (see right)

Use code:
ROOT

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