Common name:
Marsh cudweed
Family:
Scientific name:
Gnaphalium uliginosum
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK
Height:
Up to 20 cm
Habitat:
Pathways, grassland, woodland margins, arable fields, waste ground, lakeshores, riversides; generally damp places
Flowers:
Light brown to yellow, in dense, compact clusters of up to ten heads, at the tips of the branched stem, subtended by the leaves. Phyllaries are brownish-green, with a woolly-hairy coating, and a thin, light-coloured membrane along the edges
Leaves:
Narrow, linear to oblong, up to 5 cm in length, with a woolly hair covering on both sides. The uppermost leaves are adjacent to the flower clusters, and longer than them
Season:
July to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
