Filago pyramidata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|genus = Filago

|species = pyramidata

|authority = L. 1753

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|Evax tenuifolia Guss.

|Filago affinis Tineo ex Nyman

|Filago caespitosa Raf. ex DC.

|Filago candolleana Parl.

|Filago canescens Jord.

|Filago cossyrensis Ten. ex Lojac.

|Filago cuneata Lojac

|Filago decumbens (Heldr.) Holmboe

|Filago gussonei Lojac.

|Filago jussiaei Coss. & Germ.

|Filago kaitenbachii Sch.Bip. ex Nyman

|Filago numidica Pomel

|Filago prostrata Parl.

|Filago pseudoevax Rouy

|Filago robusta Pomel

|Filago rotundata Moench

|Filago spathulata C.Presl

|Filago subspicata Boreau

|Gifola canescens (Jord.) Fourr.

|Gifola gussonei (Lojac.) Chrtek & Holub

|Gifola numidica (Pomel) Chrtek & Holub

|Gifola pseudo-evax (Rouy) Chrtek & Holub

|Gifola pyramidalis Dumort.

|Gifola pyramidata (L.) Dumort.

|Gifola robusta (Pomel) Chrtek & Holub

|Gifola spathulata Rchb.f.

|Gifola vulgaris (Lam.) Cass.

|Gnaphalium germanicum L.

|Gnaphalium pyramidatum (L.) Lam.

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Filago pyramidata, the broadleaf cottonrose or broad-leaved cudweed, is a European plant species in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region of southern Europe, northern Africa, and the Middle East, plus Great Britain, the Low Countries, and Germany.[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=filago+pyramidata Altervista Flora Italiana, Bambagia spatolata, Filago pyramidata L.] includes photos and European distribution map It is also naturalized in scattered locations in North America (British Columbia, Oregon, California)[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Filago%20pyramidata.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map][http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=9965 Calflora taxon report, University of California, Filago pyramidata L. broadleaf cottonrose ] and Australia (South Australia, Victoria),[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Filago+pyramidata Atlas of Living Australia] Pakistan, and other places.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=220005281 Flora of Pakistan, Filago pyramidata L.]

Filago pyramidata is an annual plant up to {{cvt|30|cm|in|abbr=on}} tall, covered with woolly hairs. It produces flower heads in dense clumps of 8-16 heads, each containing several small flowers.