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Asteraceae

Heath cudweed

Gnaphalium sylvaticum L.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Gnaphalium

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Heath cudweed: Gnaphalium sylvaticum , Schwäbisch-Fränkische Waldberge, Germany
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (22)
Arabic
برسية حرجية
arz
برسيه حرجيه
azb
مئشهلیک قۇروجاسی
Belarusian
Сушаніца лясная
Chinese
林地鼠曲草, 林地鼠麴草
Croatian
Šumska smilika
Czech
Protěž lesní
Danish
Rank Evighedsblomst
Dutch
Bosdroogbloem
English
Heath cudweed
Estonian
Mets-kassiurb
Finnish
Ahojäkkärä
French
Gnaphale des bois
German
Wald-Ruhrkraut, Waldruhrkraut
Italian
Canapicchia comune
Norwegian Nynorsk
Skoggråurt
Persian
بوفتاج
Polish
Szarota leśna
Russian
Сухоцветка лесная, Сушеница лесная
Slovak
Paplesnivček lesný
Swedish
Skogsnoppa
Welsh
Edafeddog y rhos

Synonyms

  • Cyttarium silvaticum (L.) Peterm.
  • Dasyanthus fuscus Bubani
  • Dasyanthus sylvaticus (L.) Bubani
  • Filago recta (Sm.) Link
  • Filago sylvatica (L.) Link
  • Filago uliginosa Link
  • Gnaphalium alpigenum K.Koch
  • Gnaphalium carpetanum Boiss. & Reut. ex Willk. & Lange
  • Gnaphalium einseleanum F.W.Schultz
  • Gnaphalium fuscatum Schur
  • Gnaphalium fuscum Oeder
  • Gnaphalium mutabile Rochel
  • Gnaphalium rectum Sm.
  • Gnaphalium sophiae Heldr. ex Boiss.
  • Gnaphalium spadiceum Gilib.
  • Gnaphalium strictum Moench
  • Gnaphalium sylvaticum f. sylvaticum
  • Gnaphalium sylvaticum var. macrostachyum Ledeb.
  • Gnaphalium sylvaticum var. rectum DC.
  • Gnaphalium sylvaticum var. sylvaticum
  • Omalotheca sylvatica subsp. carpetana (Willk.) Rivas Mart.
  • Synchaeta silvatica (L.) Kirp.

Flowers

In flower
July to August (from 102 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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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.