Asteraceae
Filago

Filago arvensis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 856 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to W. Siberia and W. Himalaya, Canary Islands, Morocco. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Alaska, British Columbia, Great Britain, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Primorye, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Qaiser, M. & Abid, R. (2003). Flora of Pakistan 210: 1-215. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Flora of Iraq

  • Breckle, Hedge, Podlech & Rafiqpoor, Vasc. Pl. Afghan. checklist: 173 (2013).
  • Dinsmore in Post, Fl. Syria, Palest. & Sinai ed. 2, 2: 40 (1933)
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 856 (1753)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 5, 2010 Dubois, A. [s.n.] France K000037388 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002516524 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002516529 Yes
de Bolòs Capdevila, O.; de Bolòs Vayreda, A. [BC-868917] Spain K001765280 Yes
Mameev [784] K002516522 Yes
Schrenk, A.G. [s.n.] K002516527 Yes
Lype, A. [s.n.] K002516521 Yes
Gebler [s.n.] K002516526 Yes
Wendelbo, P. [s.n.] K002516538 Yes
Ledeboer [s.n.] K002516523 Yes
Sintenis, P. [1941] K002516519 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [69/282] K002516525 Yes
Regel, A. [1025] K002516518 Yes
Alexander, M.M. [s.n.] K002516530 Yes
P. bagpumgu [4060] K002516528 Yes
Vinogradova, V.; Vinogradova, I.; Czamara, L. [770] Russia Logfia arvensis K002516982 Yes
Fries, E. [s.n.] Sweden Logfia arvensis K002516999 Yes
Lemperg, F. [641] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516953 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517009 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Sweden Logfia arvensis K002516997 Yes
Huter, R. [s.n.] Austria Logfia arvensis K002516916 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [5566] Italy Logfia arvensis K002516962 Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516949 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [762] Bulgaria Logfia arvensis K002516918 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] France Logfia arvensis K002516935 Yes
Brunner, H. [s.n.] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517017 Yes
[Auis] [s.n.] Sweden Logfia arvensis K002516996 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [791] Bulgaria Logfia arvensis K002516919 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517012 Yes
[D. Golde] [s.n.] Logfia arvensis K002516986 Yes
Zetterstedt [s.n.] Sweden Logfia arvensis K002516995 Yes
s.coll. [347] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516951 Yes
F.M. [s.n.] Germany Logfia arvensis K002516944 Yes
Böcker, R. [SHDD64] Sweden Logfia arvensis K002516991 Yes
Pr. Genevam [s.n.] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517013 Yes
s.coll. [8696] France Logfia arvensis K002516937 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] Italy Logfia arvensis K002516966 Yes
Nordmann [s.n.] Ukraine Logfia arvensis K002517020 Yes
Martínez-Ortega, M.M.; Giráldez, X.; Rojas, B.; Andrés-Sánchez, S. [MO5567] North Macedonia Logfia arvensis K002516971 Yes
Fries, E. [2] Sweden Logfia arvensis K002516998 Yes
A. Edv. Gorton [s.n.] Sweden Logfia arvensis K002517002 Yes
Asplund, E.; Samuelsson, G. [s.n.] Sweden Logfia arvensis K002516994 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Peru Logfia arvensis K002516981 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Denmark Logfia arvensis K002516925 Yes
Hollmén, H. [s.n.] Finland Logfia arvensis K002516928 Yes
Fijalkowski, D. [s.n.] Poland Logfia arvensis K002516974 Yes
Swartz [s.n.] Sweden Logfia arvensis K002516992 Yes
Bornmüller, J. [181] Italy Logfia arvensis K002516964 Yes
Willmott, E.A.; Pin, C. [s.n.] France Logfia arvensis K002516933 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [384] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516958 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [2986] Bosnia and Herzegovina Logfia arvensis K002516912 Yes
Sintenis, G. [417] Romania Logfia arvensis K002516977 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516947 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Italy Logfia arvensis K002516967 Yes
Getaz, C. [s.n.] Romania Logfia arvensis K002516976 Yes
Collett, R. [s.n.] Norway Logfia arvensis K002516972 Yes
Harris, G.W. [166] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516957 Yes
Gabriel Strobl, P. [s.n.] Italy Logfia arvensis K002516970 Yes
Andrés-Sánchez, S. [s.n.] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517010 Yes
[illegible] [776] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516952 Yes
Orphanides, T.G. [776] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516948 Yes
Bloński, F.; Woloszczak, E. [s.n.] Poland Logfia arvensis K002516975 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517016 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany Logfia arvensis K002516945 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Logfia arvensis K002516987 Yes
B. Stefanov [Stefanoff] [s.n.] Bulgaria Logfia arvensis K002516921 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Logfia arvensis K002516915 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517006 Yes
[Rgl] [s.n.] Russia Logfia arvensis K002516979 Yes
Baldacci, A. [162] Albania Logfia arvensis K002516911 Yes
De. Heldreich [s.n.] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516950 Yes
s.coll. [463] Italy Logfia arvensis K002516968 Yes
Rechinger, K.H.; Rechinger, F. [9013] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516922 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516946 Yes
White, J.W.; Bucknall, C.; C.E.S. [s.n.] France Logfia arvensis K002516942 Yes
Willmott, E.A.; Vaillanes, A. [s.n.] France Logfia arvensis K002516934 Yes
[Schur] [2006] Czech Republic Logfia arvensis K002516924 Yes
[Huguesia] [s.n.] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517011 Yes
Brigger; [Chummali] [s.n.] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517008 Yes
Mall. [s.n.] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517018 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France Logfia arvensis K002516939 Yes
Hedon, C. [32] Belgium Logfia arvensis K002516917 Yes
Lindberg, H. [380] Finland Logfia arvensis K002516927 Yes
Swartz [s.n.] Sweden Logfia arvensis K002516993 Yes
Cretac, I. [s.n.] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516960 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France Logfia arvensis K002516940 Yes
s.coll. [327] Logfia arvensis K002516984 Yes
Ellman, E.; Sandwith, N.Y. [95] France Logfia arvensis K002516941 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Hungary Logfia arvensis K002516961 Yes
Russell, J.M. [71] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516959 Yes
Svestka, F. [s.n.] Czech Republic Logfia arvensis K002516923 Yes
Lyon, H.L. [s.n.] France Logfia arvensis K002516936 Yes
Blytt, A.G. [s.n.] Logfia arvensis K002517023 Yes
Gabriel Strobl, P. [s.n.] Italy Logfia arvensis K002516969 Yes
Lypa, A. [s.n.] Logfia arvensis K002517022 Yes
Gamble, J. [26233] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517014 Yes
Brigger [50] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517007 Yes
Bunge, A. [s.n.] Logfia arvensis K002516983 Yes
[G. Micholan] [s.n.] Sweden Logfia arvensis K002517003 Yes
Willmott, E.A.; Borel, J.M. [s.n.] France Logfia arvensis K002516931 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517004 Yes
Wyatt, J.W. [62A] France Logfia arvensis K002516943 Yes
s.coll. [2389] Logfia arvensis K002516985 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ukraine Logfia arvensis K002517019 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Russia Logfia arvensis K002516978 Yes
s.coll. [23] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517005 Yes
Lypa, A. [s.n.] Logfia arvensis K002517021 Yes
Zetterstedt [s.n.] Sweden Logfia arvensis K002517000 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] Italy Logfia arvensis K002516965 Yes
Woodward, A.S. [s.n.] France Logfia arvensis K002516938 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland Logfia arvensis K002517015 Yes
Gratz [s.n.] Logfia arvensis K002516914 Yes
Willmott, E.A.; Bonnet [s.n.] France Logfia arvensis K002516932 Yes
Wahlbeck, W. [s.n.] Finland Logfia arvensis K002516926 Yes
Russell, J.M. [126] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516956 Yes
Saville, D. [111] Austria Logfia arvensis K002516913 Yes
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [978] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516955 Yes
Breien, K. [s.n.] Norway Logfia arvensis K002516973 Yes
Wood, J.J. [1004] France Logfia arvensis K002516929 Yes
Nannfeldt, J.A. [s.n.] Sweden Logfia arvensis K002517001 Yes
Fischer, F.E.L. [s.n.] Austria Logfia arvensis K002516980 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [8] Bulgaria Logfia arvensis K002516920 Yes
Camb. Univer. Exp [L. 58] Greece Logfia arvensis K002516954 Yes
Adr. Fiori; Béguinot, A. [s.n.] Italy Logfia arvensis K002516963 Yes
Pin, C. [s.n.] France Logfia arvensis K002516930 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Slovenia Logfia arvensis K002516989 Yes
Rawi, A. [22899] Türkiye Filago davisii K002516818 Yes
Rawi [12253] Türkiye Filago davisii K002516820 Yes
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [G1784] Türkiye Filago davisii K002516816 Yes
Rawi [12252] Türkiye Filago davisii K002516821 Yes
Rawi, A. [22533] Türkiye Filago davisii K002516817 Yes
{Davis; Hedge} [D29066] Türkiye Filago davisii K002516813 Yes
Meyers, F.S.; Dinsmore, J.E. [11073] Türkiye Filago davisii K002516815 Yes
Rawi, A. [22113] Türkiye Filago davisii K002516819 Yes
Dinsmore, J.E. [11073] Türkiye Filago davisii K002516814 Yes

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