Cudweed is a common name for several species, and may refer to:

Plants

in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

* '' Gamochaeta'', a plant genus with species in North and South America * ''

Gnaphalium ''Gnaphalium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, commonly called cudweeds. They are widespread and common in temperate regions, although some are found on tropical mountains or in the subtropical regions of the world. Cudw ...

'', a plant genus with species in Eurasia and the Americas * ''

Filago Filago ( Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Bergamo. Filago borders the following municipalities: Bonate Sotto ...

'', a plant genus in Eurasia and North America * ''

Pseudognaphalium ''Pseudognaphalium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. Members of the genus are commonly known as cudweeds or rabbit tobacco ('' P. obtusifolium'' is the original species with that name). They are widespread in temperate ...

'', a plant genus native to North America * '' Euchiton'', a plant genus native to Australasia and the Pacific * ''

Helichrysum The genus ''Helichrysum'' consists of an estimated 600 species of flowering plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The type species is '' Helichrysum orientale''. They often go by the names everlasting, immortelle, and strawflower. The nam ...

'', a plant genus occurring in Africa, Australasia and Eurasia. (e.g. ''

Helichrysum luteoalbum ''Helichrysum luteoalbum'', the Jersey cudweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Description It is an erect herbaceous biennial up to tall, branching from the base. Leaves are oblanceolate to lanceolate and covered in ...

'', common name woody cudweed)

Animals

* '' Cucullia gnaphalii'', a moth in the family Noctuidae {{Plant common name