Erodium
E1039586
Erodium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as storksbills, recognized for their distinctive beak-like fruit and widespread distribution in temperate and subtropical regions.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Erodium canonical | 2 |
| Erodium chrysanthum | 1 |
| Erodium cicutarium | 1 |
| Erodium malacoides | 1 |
| Erodium manescavii | 1 |
| Erodium moschatum | 1 |
| Erodium pelargoniflorum | 1 |
| Erodium reichardii | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13395399 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erodium Context triple: [Geraniaceae, hasGenus, Erodium]
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A.
Cerastium
Cerastium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as mouse-ear chickweeds, comprising small, often white-flowered herbs found in temperate regions worldwide.
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B.
Seidlitzia
Seidlitzia is a small genus of salt-tolerant shrubs in the amaranth family, typically found in arid and saline habitats of Eurasia.
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C.
Acantholimon
Acantholimon is a genus of spiny, cushion-forming flowering plants commonly found in dry, rocky habitats across Eurasia.
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D.
Eriogonum
Eriogonum is a diverse genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, commonly known as wild buckwheats, native primarily to North America and especially abundant in arid and semi-arid regions.
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E.
Atraphaxis frutescens
Atraphaxis frutescens is a shrubby flowering plant species in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae, native to arid and semi-arid regions of Eurasia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erodium Target entity description: Erodium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as storksbills, recognized for their distinctive beak-like fruit and widespread distribution in temperate and subtropical regions.
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A.
Cerastium
Cerastium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as mouse-ear chickweeds, comprising small, often white-flowered herbs found in temperate regions worldwide.
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B.
Seidlitzia
Seidlitzia is a small genus of salt-tolerant shrubs in the amaranth family, typically found in arid and saline habitats of Eurasia.
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C.
Acantholimon
Acantholimon is a genus of spiny, cushion-forming flowering plants commonly found in dry, rocky habitats across Eurasia.
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D.
Eriogonum
Eriogonum is a diverse genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, commonly known as wild buckwheats, native primarily to North America and especially abundant in arid and semi-arid regions.
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E.
Atraphaxis frutescens
Atraphaxis frutescens is a shrubby flowering plant species in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae, native to arid and semi-arid regions of Eurasia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Geraniaceae ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | storksbills ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Geranium
ⓘ
Pelargonium ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions worldwide
ⓘ
temperate regions worldwide ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
forage for herbivores
ⓘ
nectar source for insects ⓘ |
| family | Geraniaceae ⓘ |
| habitat |
disturbed soils
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ roadsides ⓘ rocky slopes ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
flowers typically with five petals
ⓘ
fruit has hygroscopic awns aiding seed dispersal ⓘ fruit resembles a stork’s bill ⓘ genus of flowering plants ⓘ herbaceous plants ⓘ leaves often pinnate or lobed ⓘ often low-growing ⓘ produces beak-like fruit ⓘ schizocarpic fruit that splits into mericarps ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | elongated style forming a beak-like structure ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Erodium chrysanthum
ⓘ
linked to:
Erodium
Erodium cicutarium ⓘ
linked to:
Erodium
Erodium malacoides ⓘ
linked to:
Erodium
Erodium manescavii ⓘ
linked to:
Erodium
Erodium moschatum ⓘ
linked to:
Erodium
Erodium pelargoniflorum ⓘ
linked to:
Erodium
Erodium reichardii ⓘ
linked to:
Erodium
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | derived from Greek "erodios" meaning heron or stork ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Eurasia
ⓘ
Mediterranean region ⓘ North Africa ⓘ |
| order | Geraniales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | by seeds ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | self-drilling awns that twist with humidity changes ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedAs |
groundcover in gardens
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Erodium Description of subject: Erodium is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as storksbills, recognized for their distinctive beak-like fruit and widespread distribution in temperate and subtropical regions.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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