noun
European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
• Syn:
↑redstem storksbill, ↑alfileria, ↑filaree, ↑filaria, ↑clocks, ↑pin grass, ↑pin clover, ↑Erodium cicutarium
• Hypernyms: ↑storksbill, ↑heron's bill
Useful english dictionary. 2012.