Common name:
Common cudweed
Family:
Scientific name:
Filago vulgaris
Synonym:
Filago germanica
Main flower color:
Range:
Mostly in central and southern England
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Dry grassland, sandy or gravelly locations, waste ground
Flowers:
Flowerheads are yellow, tightly arranged in globular clusters (up to 40), and partially obscured by thick white woolly hairs. They are held a little way above the uppermost leaves. Each flowerhead contains a small number of disc florets, surrounded by narrow, bristle-tipped, yellowish phyllaries
Leaves:
Narrowly-lanceolate, upwards-pointing, woolly-hairy, with wavy edges and blunt tips. On erect stems that may branch at the base, and (more usually) towards the top
Season:
July to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
