Filago (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Filago"

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image_width = 230px
image_caption = "Filago vulgaris"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Inuleae
genus = "Filago"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = About 24; See text.

"Filago" is a genus of plants in the sunflower family. They are sometimes called cottonroses or cudweeds. They bear woolly, cottony heads of flowers. Several species are sometimes treated as members of genus "Logfia".

Selected species:

*"Filago arizonica"
*"Filago arvensis"
*"Filago californica"
*"Filago depressa"
*"Filago gallica"
*"Filago germanica"
*"Filago pyramidata"
*"Filago vulgaris"

External links

*ITIS|ID=37370
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1218 Jepson Manual Treatment]