Photographs: Co. Wexford

Common Cudweed Filago germanica (Filago vulgaris) Cáithluibh Family: Asteraceae Flowering July - August. Annual. Native. Dense clusters of flowerheads with linear, five-rowed, keeled bracts. The leaves are wavy-edged, white-woolly and linear but without a mucronate point at the tips. Stems are +/- branched at the base. Height 15-30cm. Scattered distribution in Ireland, most frequent in the south-east on dry, sandy, +/- acidic grasslands, roadsides, arable and waste ground. Similar: Small Cudweed, Logfia minima (Filago minima)

Common Cudweed, Filago germanica, Cáithluibh