Filago (genus)

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Filago
Filago vulgaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Inuleae
Genus: Filago
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Species

About 24; See text.

Filago is a genus of plants in the sunflower family. They are sometimes called cottonroses or cudweeds. They bear woolly, cottony heads of flowers. Several species are sometimes treated as members of genus Logfia.

Selected species:

  • Filago arizonica
  • Filago arvensis
  • Filago californica
  • Filago depressa
  • Filago gallica
  • Filago germanica
  • Filago pyramidata
  • Filago vulgaris

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