Logfia filaginoides
# Logfia filaginoides

Logfia filaginoides (formerly Filago californica), also called herba impia or cottonrose, is a small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, found in the Southwestern United States.

## Range and habitat

It grows throughout Southern California to Texas and Mexico. In the Mojave Desert, it grows in creosote bush scrub and Joshua tree woodlands.

## Growth pattern

It is a hairy, erect, annual plant growing between 2" and 12" tall.

## Leaves and stems

Its 1/2- to 3/4-inch-long leaves are attached to the stems without a little stem (petiole) at the bottom of the leaf (sessile).

## Flowers

The 1/8-inch flower heads are surrounded by upper leaves of about the same length as the head. Each head has tiny reddish-purple disk flowers with the outer 8–10 being all female.

## Fruits

Fruits are tiny, flattened achenes with a ring of pappus bristles, falling off as a unit.

