Red-tipped cudweed  (Filago lutescens)

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Description

Red-tipped cudweed is an upright plant, with a grey-green, branched stem. The leaves are spear-shaped and have fine yellowish hairs on them. The flowers are also yellow, and the bracts, the leaf-like covers which protect the petals as the flower forms, are tinged reddish-purple, giving the plant its common name.

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