''Filago pyramidata'', the broadleaf cottonrose or broad-leaved cudweed, is a European plant species in the
sunflower family. It is native to the Mediterranean region of southern Europe, northern Africa, and the Middle East, plus Great Britain, the
Low Countries
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, and Germany. It is also naturalized in scattered locations in North America (
British Columbia
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,
Oregon
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,
California
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) and Australia (
South Australia
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,
Victoria
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),
Atlas of Living Australia
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''Filago pyramidata'' is an annual plant
An annual plant is a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seeds, within one growing season, and then dies. The length of growing seasons and period in which they take place vary according to geographical ...
up to tall, covered with woolly hairs. It produces flower heads in dense clumps of 8-16 heads, each containing several small flowers.[
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References
External links
line drawing from Flora of Pakistan: Asteraceae II, Vol. 210, (Fig. 31, A-E) Online Atlas of the British & Irish floraOnline Flora of MaltaPlant Biodiversity of South-Western Morocco
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Gnaphalieae
Flora of Europe
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus