Common Cudweed

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Filago germanica

Common Cudweed, a reference photo
Photo: Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm) · Public domain

Filago vulgaris or Filago germanica, commonly known as common cudweed or common cottonrose, is an annual herbaceous plant of the genus Filago. It is in the tribe Inuleae of the

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Common Cudweed being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Filago
Species
Filago germanica

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