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
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filaree::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alfilaria, alfileria, clocks, erodium cicutarium, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill |
| Type of | heron's bill, storksbill |
Examples of filaree
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Miner's lettuce seems to have disappeared in many areas along with the filaree.
From the sacbee.com
Buried in the wool of those animals was filaree seed from the Old World.
From the ocregister.com
Frying pan poppies, bluedicks, filaree and tidy tips are the most abundant wildflowers, she says.
From the sacbee.com
Invasive species such as cheatgrass, mustard and filaree have effectively squeezed out most of native coastal sage scrub and chaparral.
From the signonsandiego.com
It is amazing that everywhere I have traveled in the last two weeks searching for wildflowers, the filaree is the only one I have found in abundance.
From the sacbee.com
My most recent visit was April 2, 2012 and the most abundant flowers are frying pan poppies and hawkbit with filaree filling in the open spaces.
From the sacbee.com
Having discovered how filaree seeds are so successful at propagating, Evangelista and Dumais are now keen to find out how other members of the geranium family disperse their seeds.
From the sciencedaily.com
According to local master gardeners, the most common weeds in Sacramento County right now are filaree, wild geranium, bedstraw and such annual grasses as foxtail, barley, wild oats and bluegrass.
From the sacbee.com
- Redstem storksbill: 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
- Erodium is a genus of the botanical family Geraniaceae. The genus includes about 60 species, for the most part originating in the Mediterranean or Western Asian regions. American species are known as filarees or heron's bill, Eurasian ones are usually called storksbills.
