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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : filpy

Scientific name: Filago pyramidata L.


Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Compositae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: broad-leafed cudweed

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Spatelblättriges Filzkraut ; ES : hierba algodonera ; FR : cotonnière spatulée ; IT : bambagia spatolata ; PT : erva-dos-ninhos ; EN : broad-leafed cudweed ;

Biological type: Annual


Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons very narrow and short.

- Leaves entire, linear, acuminate.


Adult plant snapshot Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 10-30 cm.

- Stem erect, very branched near the base, 2-3-angled.

- Leaves 10-15 mm, spreading, spatulate, tapered at the base, apiculate.

- Flowers white-yellowish in heads 5 mm long, heads 8-20 in clusters. Clusters globose, terminal on forks, enclosed and overtopped by 3-5 basal leaves. Involucre lanate at the base, yellowish-pointed bracts.

- Fruit : achene 0.6-1 mm long.

- Risk of confusion with species of Logfia and Gnaphalium .

- Biological type: Annual.

Mistake with: Logfia , Gnaphalium


Ecological profile (click on flags): Spain   Present     France  Present     Portugal  Present    

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