Filago germanica
speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Filago germanica's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility38 851 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics16 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Filago vulgaris or Filago germanica,ITIS Catalogue of Life: Filago germanica (provisionally accepted name), syn: Filago vulgaris . Distribution list (native + introduced) . accessed 4.4.2013 commonly known as common cudweed or common cottonrose, is an annual herbaceous plant of the genus Filago.USDA Plants Profile for Filago vulgaris (common cottonrose) . accessed 4.4.2013 It is in the tribe Inuleae of the sunflower family, Asteraceae. Common names also include: Danish—Kugle-museurt, and Norwegian—Kuleullurt.Cabi.org—Invasive Species Compendium | Filago vulgaris
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology16
Life cycle & reproduction17
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment12
Physiology & chemistry3
Other traits2
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Filago germanica has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Filago germanica carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 2817×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · brit-fl +9
2n 01×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 144×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 01×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type38 851 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions9 of 32 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Brussel, BE | 56 |
| Uppsala, SE | 50 |
| LDlocation not on record | 46 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 35 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 29 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 19 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 16 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 13 |
| Angwin, US | 5 |
| Vancouver, CA | 5 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 4 |
| University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Royal Ontario Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Salvador, BR | 3 |
| BClocation not on record | 2 |
| Podgorica, ME | 2 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 2 |
| BMlocation not on record | 2 |
| CGE|LIV|NMWlocation not on record | 1 |
| Elocation not on record | 1 |
| Bourges, FR | 1 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 1 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 1 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 1 |
| Muséum Henri Lecoqlocation not on record | 1 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Dehra Dun, IN | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| University of Oxfordlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Filago germanica was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.