Hebrew: מקור-חסידה מפוצל, Arabic: الرقمة المشرشرة
| Scientific name: | Erodium laciniatum (Cav.) Willd. | |
| Common name: | Cut-leaved Cranesbill, Cutleaf Stork's Bill | |
| Hebrew name: | מקור-חסידה מפוצל | |
| Arabic name: | الرقمة المشرشرة | |
| Plant Family: | Geraniaceae, גרניים |
Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve |
| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Stems: | To about 30 cm long; ascending or procumbent | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, dissected twice or more, compound, pinnate, dentate or serrate | |
| Inflorescence: | Umbels with 3-8 flowers each | |
| Flowers: | Bracts suborbicular, glabrous to membranous; sepals awn 1-1.5 mm long; petals c. 2 times the size of sepals, pink, purple | |
| Fruits / pods: | Achenes, two pits at the base; fruit beaks 30-45 mm long | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April | |
| Habitat: | Sand | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve Derivation of the botanical name: Erodium, Greek: erodiós or ερωδιός, a heron; the carpels of these plants resemble the head and beak of a heron. laciniatum, lacinia, lit. flap of garment; atus, possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made); slashed into narrow divisions with taper-pointed incisions. The Hebrew word: מקור-חסידה, makor chasida / stork beak, is a mistake in the translation (chasida means stork). In Greek, the stork is called Πελασγός pelargos, pelargonium.
Erodium laciniatum has a pit at the top of the mericarp. 
Location: Tel Michal, Herzliya |