''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
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, and Germany. It is also naturalized in scattered locations in North America (
British Columbia
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,
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,
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) and Australia (
South Australia
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Atlas of Living Australia
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''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.[
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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 flora
Online Flora of Malta
Plant Biodiversity of South-Western Morocco
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Gnaphalieae
Flora of Europe
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus