What is "erodium cicutarium"

Alfilaria \Al*fil`a*ri"a\, n. (Bot.) The pin grass ( Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California. [1913 Webster] ||

clocks \clocks\ n. 1. European weed naturalized in the southwestern U. S. and Mexico ( Erodium cicutarium), having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender pinlike fruits that stick straight up; it is often grown for forage.

Syn: redstem storksbill, alfilaria, alfileria, filaree, filaria, pin grass, pin clover, Erodium cicutarium.

Erodium cicutarium, also known as redstem filaree, redstem stork's bill, common stork's-bill or pinweed, is a herbaceous annual – or in warm climates, biennial – member of the family Geraniaceae of flowering plants. It is native to the Mediterranean Basin and was introduced to North America in the eighteenth century, where it has since become invasive, particularly of the deserts and arid grasslands of the southwestern United States.