Filago eriocephalaGuss.

WFO wfo-0000071604 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Filago eriocephala, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. a Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-20 / obs. 189696555
Filago eriocephala, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. b Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127271228
Filago eriocephala, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. c Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123076404
Filago eriocephala, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. d Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189696404
Filago eriocephala, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. e Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127271314
Filago eriocephala, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. f Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123075848
Filago eriocephala, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. g Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189696494
Filago eriocephala, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. h Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127271415

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Filago eriocephala is native: Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Yemen, Albania, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe CyprusEast Aegean Is.IranIraqKuwaitLebanon-SyriaPalestineSaudi ArabiaTürkiyeYemenAlbaniaBulgariaFranceGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.SiciliaTürkiye-in-Europe
Native distribution of Filago eriocephala, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kuwait KUW
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Türkiye TUR
Yemen YEM
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Sicilia SIC
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Filago germanica subsp. eriocephala (Guss.) Arcang.
  • Filago lanuginosa Req. ex DC.
  • Filago pyramidata subsp. eriocephala (Guss.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
  • Gifola eriocephala (Guss.) Chrtek & Holub
  • Gnaphalium eriocephalum (Guss.) Bonnier & Layens

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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