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field fluffweed

Filago arvensis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 938, February 693, March 1,085, April 1,708, May 2,462, June 2,685, July 2,873, August 2,471, September 1,814, October 1,354, November 740, December 578.
United States19,850
Alaska19,400
Russia689
Canada547
British Columbia324
Alberta216
Czechia203
Germany180
Idaho148
Ukraine141

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genuscudweeds · Filago

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise field fluffweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.