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Narrowleaf cottonrose

Logfia gallica

Narrowleaf cottonrose
Photo: Pato Novoa from Valparaíso, Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0

Narrowleaf cottonrose is a small annual herb in the daisy family, native to the Mediterranean region and western Asia and naturalized as a weed in parts of western North America, South America, Hawaii and Australia. It is a hardy, low-demand plant that thrives in dry, sunny, open ground.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly; it tolerates drought once established and is best left to natural rainfall outdoors.
Soil
Poor to average, well-drained soil; tolerates sandy or stony ground.
Temperature
Mild temperate conditions; tolerates frost as a hardy annual.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Macaronesia, Europe to Medit. and Caucasus
Climate
temperate

About

Logfia gallica, (syn: Filago gallica), is a species of herbaceous plant. Its common names are narrowleaf cottonrose and daggerleaf cottonrose. It is in the tribe Gnaphalieae of the family Asteraceae.

The species has relatively long and stiff awl-shaped leaves.

Where it grows

Logfia gallica is native to the Mediterranean region, in Eurasia, North Africa, and Western Asia.

Other Logfia plants

Logfia filaginoides · Little cottonrose · Cottonrose

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Logfia gallica 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.

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