Application

In the old days, the seed pod was used as a kind of hygrometer that could predict dry or humid weather. The large-fruited egret is particularly suitable because of its extra-long seed pod.

The large-fruited Heirnaeb has not been commonly used as a medicinal plant.

Ingredients

No known medicinal ingredients.

Large-fruited heron's bill Erodium gruinum (L.) L'Hér. ex Ait.
Large-fruited Heronbill
Erodium gruinum (L.) L'Hér. ex Ait.
Photo of page in Joachim Burser's herbarium.

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