Asteraceae
Common cottonrose
Filago germanica
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Filago
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Common names
By language (15)
- Belarusian
- Калматка германская
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена свещица
- Czech
- Bělolist obecný
- Danish
- Kugle-Museurt
- Dutch
- Duits viltkruid
- English
- Common cottonrose, Common cutweed, Cudweed
- Finnish
- Saksantuulenlento
- French
- Cotonnière allemande, Coton de mer, Cotonnière commune, Cotonnière d'Allemagne, Cotonnière vulgaire, Herbe à coton, Immortelle d'Allemagne
- German
- Deutsches Filzkraut
- Irish
- Cáithluibh
- kw
- Killes kemmyn
- Polish
- Nicennica niemiecka
- Slovak
- Bielolist obyčajný
- Swedish
- Klotullört
- Welsh
- Edafeddog lwyd, Llwyd y ffordd
Synonyms
- Filago caespitosa Raf. ex DC.
- Filago canescens Jord.
- Filago germanica subsp. canescens (Jord.) Nyman
- Filago germanica subsp. germanica
- Filago germanica subsp. germanica
- Filago germanica subsp. numidica (Pomel) Maire
- Filago germanica var. furcata (Coss.) Maire
- Filago germanica var. germanica
- Filago germanica var. numidica (Pomel) Batt.
- Filago germanica var. prostrata Batt.
- Filago kaltenbachii Sch.Bip. ex Nyman
- Filago numidica Pomel
- Filago pyramidata subsp. canescens (Jord.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Filago rotundata Moench
- Filago subspicata Boreau
- Filago vulgaris Lam.
- Filago vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
- Filago vulgaris var. vulgaris
- Gifola canescens Fourr.
- Gifola germanica Dumort.
- Gifola numidica (Pomel) Chrtek & Holub
- Gifola pyramidalis Dumort.
- Gnaphalium dichotomum Salisb.
- Gnaphalium germanicum L.
- Impia germanica Bluff & Fingerh.
Photos

Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Rossen Vassilev, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: gpatro01, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Monique Smulders, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: This image is created by user B. Schoenmakers at Waarneming.nl , a source of nat, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: kghbln, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Brian Fellows, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: emelyne.dm, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Filago
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- Small cudweedFilago minimaAsteraceae
- Filago desertorumAsteraceae
- Filago carpetanaAsteraceae
- Filago congestaAsteraceae
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- Filago eriosphaeraAsteraceae
- Filago griffithiiAsteraceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.