Erodium Moschatum (Noun)
Meaning
Low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The Erodium moschatum has delicate, pale purple flowers arranged in dense, compact clusters on top of its thin stems.
- The invasive European species of Erodium moschatum threatens the ecosystem in parts of North America by choking out native plant species.
- Due to the superficial similarity with alfilaria, distinguishing Erodium moschatum can prove difficult without the proper tools or botanical expertise.
- After winter has thawed the earth, low-lying growths of Erodium moschatum become one of the first herbaceous growths in meadows and by pathways.
- Native European meadows were among the places in which botanists discovered and recorded observations of the unassuming, creeping plant called Erodium moschatum.