WILD FLOWERS 043
Erodium malacoides
Mallow-Leaved Stork’s-bill
Ordinary at first glance, its hidden wildness reveals itself with time.
| Series | Wild Flowers of Malta |
| Encounter | 29 Dec 2025 · Qrendi, Malta |
| Created | 2026 |
| Medium | Digital painting |
| Dimensions | Adjustable |
About the Plant
Known locally as Moxt, this indigenous annual or biennial grows in Malta’s fields, valleys, wasteland and roadsides. Its small violet-pink flowers are most often seen from winter into spring.
* Botanical information referenced from Stephen Mifsud’s Online Flora of the Maltese Islands ( MaltaWildPlants.com ).
Available as a signed archival pigment print