Mediterranean filaree, Mediterranean stork's bill, Mallow Stork's-bill,
Hebrew: מקור-חסידה חלמיתי, Arabic: الرقمة الطرية
| Scientific name: | Erodium malacoides (L.) L’Hér. | |
| Common name: | Mediterranean filaree, Mediterranean stork's bill, Mallow Stork's bill | |
| Hebrew name: | מקור-חסידה חלמיתי | |
| Arabic name: | الرقمة الطرية | |
| Plant Family: | Geraniaceae, גרניים |
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| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Stems: | 10-60 cm; decumbent to ascending, glandular-pubescent; nodes glandular | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, entire, oblong or oblong-ovate, crenate-serrate, pilose-strigose | |
| Inflorescence: | Umbel | |
| Flowers: | 5 hairy light green sepals with dark green lengthwise veins and a bristle-like tip; 5 free, non-overlapping petals with a deep violet-magenta colour; a superior positioned ovary with a short style and a terminal violet stigma, that splits into 5 thread-like parts; 5 stamens with a thin firm filament holding a bluish-violet anther that produce yellow pollen | |
| Fruits / pods: | Mericarps 4.5 mm long, setose hairy, lateral pits 2, prominent, furrowed at the base; beak 2.5-3.5 cm long, appressed pubescent | |
| Flowering Period: | January, February, March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana, Disturbed habitats | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Med - Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
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. malacoides, malacos, μαλακοϛ, soft, gentle; youthful; womanish; mucilaginous; ides -ιδηϛ, resemblance to; like mallow. 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.
Location: Mount Carmel 
Location: Sea of Galilee, Mount of Beatitudes |