Erodium seeds have a hard time drilling themselves into the ground, and harder terrains bring their chances to zero.
铒种子很难钻入地下,而较坚硬的地形使它们的机会为零。
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Instead, let's call it a " copy of the Erodium plant." This plant produces seeds with a hydromorphic tail-like structure that helps the seed to propel itself into the ground.
Erodium is a genus of flowering plants in the botanical family Geraniaceae. The genus includes about 60 species, native to North Africa, Indomalaya, The Middle East and Australia. They are perennials, annuals or subshrubs, with five-petalled flowers in shades of white, pink and purple, that strongly resemble the better-known Geranium (cranesbill). American species are known as filarees or heron's bill, whereas Eurasian ones are usually called storksbills in English.