Family: Asteraceae
Small Cudweed Logfia minima (Filago minima) Flowering time: June-September. Annual. Native Found on dry, infertile, acidic to neutral soils on sandy grasslands and heaths, dunes and waste ground. Decreasing in some areas because of habitat loss Small, slender plant with clusters of 3-6 flowerheads, each cluster 5-8mm in width. Widely-spaced, narrow greyish leaves are covered with white-woolly hairs. Upper leaves shorter than the clusters of flowerheads above them Similar: Common Cudweed, F. vulgaris |
Small Cudweed, Logfia minima (Filago minima)
Studland, Dorset. July 2012