Known also by Blue Storkbill, Blue Crowfoot, storkbill, crowfoot, cranebill, and Blue Heronsbill (in Western Australia).

This short-lived native herb species has deeply divided leaves, whilst the flowers that can be blue, pink or white, are on stalks in clusters. The distinctive feature is the fruit / seed pod, appearing as a long beak.

The annual can be seen after good autumn or winter rains.

In Central Australia / Northern Territory, there are two known sub-species of Erodium cygnorum, being ssp. glandulosum and ssp. cygnorum.