Filago minima (Sm.)Pers. Conservation status: C First record: Ray, 1660 Gnaphalium minimum The least Cudweed. Ray,1670:136. Filago minor Martyn,1727,28. 23 Odsey, Barnard,1859; A.M.Barnard. Bab.1860,126. 25 Gnaphalium minimum The least Cudweed. In the sandy grounds about Gamlingay. Ray,1660,64(68). Gnaphalium minimum. Gamlingay. Ray,Index Loc. F. montana. Gamlingay. Martyn,1763,Herbat.XI. Gamlingay. In the Park. Martyn,1763,Herbat.XI. Filago montana [Least] G(amlingay). G(amlingay) P(ark). Fisher ann. Berkenhout,242. Gnaphalium minimum Filago montana Least Cudweed. Gamlingay. Relhan,1785;1802;1820. Gnaphalium minimum On the Heath [Gamlingay]. Plentifully. Jenyns,NHJ,24.8.1824. Gamlingay. Henslow ann. 2:339. Gamlingay, CC Babington, 26 July 1853, CGE. Gamlingay. Bab.1860,126. Gamlingay, H.D.ann. Greensand, Gamlingay, CE Moss, 1.8.1912, CGE and CEM ann. Gamlingay, West ann. Lots beside path to Trust meadow, on bare ground where machinery is parked just before track bends to left, Gamlingay, 221.511, JCA Rathmell, 3.6.1997; 22.7.1997; G Crompton & DA Wells, 7.1997. [R]. 44 Filago minima Specimen: 'Pampisford Road– side 1860. I have not found it in Whittlesford parish.' my father records in his Hortus siccus as growing in the fields about Stanmore Hall, Whittlesford. Maynard MS.13:339.CRO. 45 Trumpington, S Hailstone, 1839, YRK:617; HJW Cat. Near the Observatory. Bab.1860,126. 46 Chesterton Ballast Pits, DH Valentine & EF Warburg, 1940. Chesterton Sidings, 46Q, GMS Easy, 1999, [R]. 48 Block fen, AF.cat. Chatteris, July 26,1886, A.F. ann. Sandy ground by pond, SW of Chatteris– Mepal road, 424.828, AC Leslie, 1977. 49 Abundant, March railway sidings, GMS Easy, 2000. 54 Gnaphalium minimum Cornfields at Hildersham. Coleman(b). Hildersham; WH Coleman. Bab.1860,126. Gnaph sp. Hildersham, Hb JA Power, 10.7.1838, [Filago min det. G Crompton] RTE. Hildersham, West ann. 55 Sand pit, Lt Abington, 539.501, B & S Jackson, 1974. Sand pit, with F. apiculata & F. vulgaris, Lt Abington, B Jackson, 3.8.1992 and with G Crompton, 22.8.1992, CGE; B Jackson & G Crompton, 15.6.1993, [R]. Some of the 'F. minima mound has been burrowed away by rabbits and also by heavy rainfall causing erosion. No F. minima found. G Crompton, B Jackson & NP Millar, 12.7.2001. 65 Dullingham sand pit, 610.582, GMS Easy, 1975. Dullingham sand pit and rail edge 610.582, GMS Easy, 1990. 66 Chippenham, CC Babington, 29 July 1852, CGE. Chippenham. Bab.1860,126. Locally plentiful, embankment of main road at Chippenham [Chippenham Gravel Pit, Kennett], 687.687, MO Hill, 7.8.1965. Chippenham Gravel Pit, with Herniaria, EM Hyde, 2.9.1980. [Half Moon Plantation Pit] Kennett, 689.689, quite frequent in area, GMS Easy, 1999. 76 Kentford Heath, G Crompton & GMS Easy, 19.4.1988. Kennett, 709.684, GMS Easy, 1972–1998.
