Asteraceae
Marsh cudweed
Gnaphalium uliginosum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Gnaphalium
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Common names
By language (14)
- Belarusian
- Аплавічнік, Сушніцабагнавая
- Catalan
- Gnaphale des mares
- Chinese
- 湿鼠曲草, 细叶鼠曲草, 鼠曲草
- Czech
- Protěž bažinná
- Dutch
- Moerasdroogbloem
- English
- Marsh cudweed, Low cudweed
- Finnish
- Savijäkkärä, Liejujäkkärä, Peltosavijäkkärä
- French
- Gnaphale des mares, Gnaphale des marais
- German
- Sumpf-Ruhrkraut, Sumpfruhrkraut, Gnaphale des mares
- Italian
- Canapicchia palustre
- Lithuanian
- Gnaphale des mares
- Romanian
- Albumială
- Russian
- Сушеница болотная
- Swedish
- Gnaphale des mares
Synonyms
- Dasyanthus uliginosus (L.) Bubani
- Filaginella malzii Opiz
- Filaginella uliginosa (L.) Opiz
- Filaginella uliginosa subsp. uliginosa
- Filago pilularis Link
- Gnaphalium aquaticum Mill.
- Gnaphalium castaneum Gilib.
- Gnaphalium humifusum Paill. ex Nyman
- Gnaphalium laevissimum Schur
- Gnaphalium nudum Hoffm. ex J.F.Gmel.
- Gnaphalium prostratum A.Huet ex Nyman
- Gnaphalium ramosum Lam.
- Gnaphalium tomentosum Hoffm.
- Gnaphalium uliginosum f. condensatum Domin
- Gnaphalium uliginosum f. uliginosum
- Gnaphalium uliginosum subsp. nudum (Hoffm. ex J.F.Gmel.) Nyman
- Gnaphalium uliginosum subsp. uliginosum
- Gnaphalium uliginosum var. uliginosum
- Gnaphalium uliginosum var. vaillantii Leredde
- Gnaphalium wirtgenii Nyman
- Gnaphalodes evacinum Sond.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 209 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos

FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kian Hayles-Cotton, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DoEspinho Piru, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: daniel bourget, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Erick Erick Menard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.