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Gnaphalium uliginosum
Also called Low cudweed, Cudweed, Mouse Ear, Wayside Cudweed, Mud Cudweed
Marsh cudweed is a small, very woolly annual wildflower of damp, disturbed ground, paths and acid soils across Europe, Asia and North America. It is a weed of arable land and tracks rather than a garden plant, and it thrives in moist conditions.
Gnaphalium uliginosum, the marsh cudweed, is an annual plant found on damp, disturbed ground and tracks. It is very widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and North America. It is very common on damp, arable grasslands, paths, and on acid soils.
Gnaphalium chimborazense · Slender cudweed · Western marsh cudweed · Gnaphalium pilulare · Many stem cudweed · Gnaphalium sepositum · Cudweed
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gnaphalium uliginosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
