Filago pyramidata explained

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 tall, covered with woolly hairs. It produces flower heads in dense clumps of 8-16 heads, each containing several small flowers.^[5]

External links

• line drawing from Flora of Pakistan: Asteraceae II, Vol. 210, (Fig. 31, A-E)
• Cretan Flora
• Online Atlas of the British & Irish flora
• Online Flora of Malta
• Flowers of India
• Plant Biodiversity of South-Western Morocco

Notes and References

1. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=filago+pyramidata Altervista Flora Italiana, Bambagia spatolata, Filago pyramidata L.
2. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Filago%20pyramidata.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
3. http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=9965 Calflora taxon report, University of California, Filago pyramidata L. broadleaf cottonrose
4. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Filago+pyramidata Atlas of Living Australia
5. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=220005281 Flora of Pakistan, Filago pyramidata L.