Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : filvu
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Filago germanica L. non Hudson.
Classification: Compositae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: common cudweed
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Gewöhnliches Filzkraut ; ES : filago vulgar ; FR : cotonnière d' Allemagne ; IT : bambagia comune ; PT : ; EN : common cudweed ;
Biological type: Annual
- Cotyledons very narrow and short (few mm long).
- Leaves entire, linear, acuminate.
- Height: 10-30 cm. Plant pubescent, white-yellowish.
- Stem ascending-erect, irregularly forked above with 2-3 branches, lanate.
- Leaves lanceolate, oblong, slightly mucronate, not tapered at the base, sessile, lanate, grey, downy.
- Flowers light-yellow in roundish heads gathered in cluster of cymes ; clusters terminal or on forks. Involucral bracts purple-pointed.
- Fruit : achene 0.6 mm in diameter. The outer seeds without pappus.
- The hooked fruits remain in the wool of the sheep so this kind of wool is devalued. Young leaves are toxic for the cattle.
- Risk of confusion with species of Logfia and Gnaphalium .
- Biological type: Annual.
Mistake with: Logfia , Gnaphalium
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
Present
Present
Rare
