Photographs: Co. Wexford

Small Cudweed Logfia minima (Filago minima) Cáithluibh bheag Family: Asteraceae Flowering June - September. Annual. Native. Clusters of 3-6 very small flowerheads, each cluster 5-8mm wide. The widely spaced narrow greyish leaves are covered with white-woolly hairs. A small, slender, inconspicuous plant, 5-15cm tall. Rare, on dry infertile, open, sandy or gravelly areas. Most recent records are from Northern Ireland but also recorded from elsewhere in Ireland. Similar: Common Cudweed, Filago germanica (F. vulgaris)

Small Cudweed, Logfia minima, Cáithluibh bheag