alfilaria

or al·fil·e·ri·a (ăl-fĭl'ə-rē'ə)
n.
An annual Mediterranean plant (Erodium cicutarium) having pinnately dissected leaves and small pink or purple flowers. It is a widespread weed and is used for spring forage in the western United States. Also called filaree, pin clover.

[American Spanish alfilerillo, a cactus with leaves ending in sharp points, from Spanish, diminutive of alfiler, pin, from Arabic al-ḫilāl, the thorn : al-, the + ḫilāl, thorn (from ḫalla, to pierce).]