Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Small Cudweed, Logfia minima, Cáithluibh bheag
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

Small Cudweed, Logfia minima, Cáithluibh bheag
Small Cudweed, Logfia minima, Cáithluibh bheag

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