Photos: Co. Wexford

Small Cudweed Filago minima Cáithluibh bheag Family: Asteraceae Flowering June - September. Annual. Native. Clusters of 3-6 flowerheads, each cluster 5-8mm width. Wide-spaced, narrow greyish leaves covered with white-woolly hairs. Small, slender plant, 5-15cm. Rare, on dry, infertile, open, sandy or gravelly areas. Most recent records are from N Ireland, also recorded from E and SE Ireland. Similar: Common Cudweed, F. vulgaris

     



Above: Common Cudweed, Filago vulgaris and Small Cudweed, F. minima. June 2010