Long column between petals and buds. UCI Ecological Preserve, Irvine, CA. 4-7-11. © Joan Avise

Long-beaked filaree
(big heron's bill, big heron's-bill, broadleaf filaree, corkscrews, crane's bill, filaree, long heron's-bill, long storksbill, longbeak stork's bill, shiny leaf storksbill, stork's bill, storksbill, wild geranium)

Erodium botrys

There is also a Short-fruited filaree (Erodium brachycarpum) which is often mistaken for E. botrys. 

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Purple-veined petals, red-tipped sepals; UCI Ecological Preserve, Irvine, CA. 4-7-11. © Joan Avise
Longest fruits of the Erodiums. Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, Lagunal Niguel, CA. 4-05-08. © Joan Avise

Deeply lobed leaves, bristly on veins, margins and stems; Riley Wilderness Park, Coto de Caza, Orange. Co., CA. 3-08-08. © Joan Avise
UCI Ecological Preserve, Irvine, CA. 4-7-11. © Joan Avise

Ridge S and above Tucker Sanctuary, Santiago Cyn., 5-29-18. © Ron Vanderhoff.
Newport Beach City Hall Park, 1-29-14. © Ron Vanderhoff.

Ridge S and above Tucker Sanctuary, Santiago Cyn., 5-29-18. © Ron Vanderhoff.