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Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium.

SPECIES
A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
CUDWEED
A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed. (more info) corruption of cottonweed; or of
GNAPHALIUM
A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.
SUBSPECIES
A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.