About Logfia gallica (L.) Dumort.
Logfia gallica (L.) Dumort., also known by the synonym Filago gallica, is a species of herbaceous plant. Its common names are narrowleaf cottonrose and daggerleaf cottonrose, and it belongs to the tribe Gnaphalieae within the plant family Asteraceae. This species has relatively long, stiff, awl-shaped leaves. Logfia gallica is native to the Mediterranean region, covering Eurasia, North Africa, and Western Asia. It is a widely introduced species that has become naturalized in western North America, ranging from southwestern Oregon, through all of California including the Channel Islands, to northwestern Baja California, Mexico. The first recorded scientific collection of this species in the United States was made in Newcastle, California around 1883. By 1935, it had been collected across most of central California, and it had spread to nearly its entire current North American range by 1970. Outside of its native range and North America, Logfia gallica is also naturalized in South America, Hawaii, and Australia.
