What is "filago"

n. any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads [syn: cotton rose, cudweed]

Filago is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,876 and an area of .

Filago borders the following municipalities: Bonate Sotto, Bottanuco, Brembate, Capriate San Gervasio, Dalmine, Madone, Osio Sopra, Osio Sotto.

Filago is a genus of plants in the sunflower family, native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa. They are sometimes called cottonroses or cudweeds.

The name cudweed comes from the fact that they were once used to feed cows that had lost the ability to chew the cud.

Several species are sometimes treated as members of genus Logfia.