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Field cudweed

Filago arvensis

Also called Cudweed, Field Cotton Rose, Field Cottonrose, Field Filago, Field Fluffweed, Flixwort

Field cudweed
Photo: Fornax, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Canary Is., Morocco, Europe to W. Siberia and W. Himalaya
Climate
temperate

About

Filago arvensis is a species of plant belonging to the family Asteraceae.

It is native to Europe to Western Siberia and Western Himalaya, Canary Islands, Morocco.

Other Filago plants

Filago discolor · Filago griffithii · Filago prolifera · Evax pygmaea · Broadleaf cottonrose · Common cottonrose · Cottonrose

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Filago arvensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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