Family: Asteraceae Filago minima     *     Small Cudweed Flowering time: June-September. Annual Habitat: Found on dry, infertile, sandy grasslands and heaths, dunes and waste ground A small, slender plant with clusters of 3-6 flowerheads, each cluster 5-8mm in width. The widely-spaced, narrow greyish leaves are covered with white-woolly hairs. Upper leaves are shorter than the clusters of flowerheads above them. Height 5-15cm Similar: Common Cudweed, F. vulgaris

Small Cudweed, Filago minima
Studland, Dorset. July 2012