| Filago | |
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| Filago arvensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Inuleae |
| Genus: | Filago L. |
| Species | |
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About 24; See text. |
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Filago is a genus of plants in the sunflower family. They are sometimes called cottonroses or cudweeds. The name cudweed comes from the fact that they were once used to feed cows that had lost the ability to chew the cud.[1]
Several species are sometimes treated as members of genus Logfia.
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They bear woolly, cottony heads of flowers. They have narrow strap-shaped untoothed leaves. The flower heads are small,gathered into dense, stalkless clusters. The fruits have a hairy pappus[2]
Filago arizonica A.Gray
Filago arvensis L.
Filago asterisciflora (Lam.) Sweet
Filago californica Nutt.
Filago congesta DC.
Filago depressa A.Gray
Filago eriocephala Guss.
Filago gallica L. English name Narrow Leaved Cudweed
Filago germanica (L.) Hudson also known as Filago vulgaris. English name Common Cudweed.
Filago heterantha (Raf.) Guss.
Filago lojaconoi (Brullo) Greuter
Filago lutescens Jord. Also known as Filago apiculata. English name red-tipped Cudweed
Filago minima (Sm.) Pers. English name Small Cudweed. Has small brown flowers
Filago neglecta (Soy.-Will.) DC.
Filago pygmaea L.
Filago pyramidata L. Also known as Filago spathulata. English name Broad-leaved cudweed. Only rarely found in South East England, but common on the continent2
Filago tyrrhenica Chrtek & Holub
Filago vulgaris Lam. Also known as Filago Germanica. Common Cudweed