Scientific Name: Erodium cicutarium
? Invasive winter annual
? Filaree is an exotic that occupies empty niches left by disturbances
? Used by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species for food
? Harvester ants store seeds
? Livestock eat foliage
?Flowers are small and pink to violet in color
? Native to southern Europe; brought to southwest by early Spanish settlers
? Also known as Heron?s bill; ripening seed pod resembles bill

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