Filago pyramidata

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Filago pyramidata
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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 tenuifoliaGuss.
  • Filago affinisTineo ex Nyman
  • Filago caespitosaRaf. ex DC.
  • Filago candolleanaParl.
  • Filago canescensJord.
  • Filago cossyrensisTen. ex Lojac.
  • Filago cuneataLojac
  • Filago decumbens(Heldr.) Holmboe
  • Filago gussoneiLojac.
  • Filago jussiaeiCoss. & Germ.
  • Filago kaitenbachiiSch.Bip. ex Nyman
  • Filago numidicaPomel
  • Filago prostrataParl.
  • Filago pseudoevaxRouy
  • Filago robustaPomel
  • Filago rotundataMoench
  • Filago spathulataC.Presl
  • Filago subspicataBoreau
  • Gifola canescens(Jord.) Fourr.
  • Gifola gussonei(Lojac.) Chrtek & Holub
  • Gifola numidica(Pomel) Chrtek & Holub
  • Gifola pseudo-evax(Rouy) Chrtek & Holub
  • Gifola pyramidalisDumort.
  • Gifola pyramidata(L.) Dumort.
  • Gifola robusta(Pomel) Chrtek & Holub
  • Gifola spathulataRchb.f.
  • Gifola vulgaris(Lam.) Cass.
  • Gnaphalium germanicumL.
  • Gnaphalium pyramidatum(L.) Lam.

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 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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