Filago pyramidata

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Filago pyramidata, the broadleaf cottonrose or broad-leaved cudweed, is a European plant species in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region of southern Europe, northern Africa, and the Middle East, plus Great Britain, the Low Countries, and Germany.[1] It is also naturalized in scattered locations in North America (British Columbia, Oregon, California)[2][3] and Australia (South Australia, Victoria),[4] Pakistan, and other places.[5]

Filago pyramidata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Filago
Species:
F. pyramidata
Binomial name
Filago pyramidata
L. 1753
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Evax tenuifolia Guss.
  • Filago affinis Tineo ex Nyman
  • Filago caespitosa Raf. ex DC.
  • Filago candolleana Parl.
  • Filago canescens Jord.
  • Filago cossyrensis Ten. ex Lojac.
  • Filago cuneata Lojac
  • Filago decumbens (Heldr.) Holmboe
  • Filago gussonei Lojac.
  • Filago jussiaei Coss. & Germ.
  • Filago kaitenbachii Sch.Bip. ex Nyman
  • Filago numidica Pomel
  • Filago prostrata Parl.
  • Filago pseudoevax Rouy
  • Filago robusta Pomel
  • Filago rotundata Moench
  • Filago spathulata C.Presl
  • Filago subspicata Boreau
  • Gifola canescens (Jord.) Fourr.
  • Gifola gussonei (Lojac.) Chrtek & Holub
  • Gifola numidica (Pomel) Chrtek & Holub
  • Gifola pseudo-evax (Rouy) Chrtek & Holub
  • Gifola pyramidalis Dumort.
  • Gifola pyramidata (L.) Dumort.
  • Gifola robusta (Pomel) Chrtek & Holub
  • Gifola spathulata Rchb.f.
  • Gifola vulgaris (Lam.) Cass.
  • Gnaphalium germanicum L.
  • Gnaphalium pyramidatum (L.) Lam.

Filago pyramidata is an annual plant up to 30 cm (12 in) tall, covered with woolly hairs. It produces flower heads in dense clumps of 8-16 heads, each containing several small flowers.[5]

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