Easily confused semantically with : Buttonweed [a plant of similar name belonging to the same Daisy & Dandelion Family but which looks more like a Coltsfoot plant but one curiously lacking ray-florets]. Nor should it be confused with Cotton Thistle, a thistle covered in longer white hairs.

Some similarities to : Lavender-cotton, another member of the Daisy & Dandelion Family, but that is a low shrub, which also has deep yellow and ray-less flowers, is covered in a dense short matt of white hairs, and where the short pinnately-lobed leaves sparsely populate the stems allowing them to be seen.

Slight resemblance to : the Cudweeds such as Jersey Cudweed which are also covered in a dense matt of white hairs. They too belong to the same Daisy & Dandelion Family.

No relation to: Black Cottonwood, a type of Poplar tree.

Uniquely identifiable characteristics

Distinguishing Feature :

Rare! A salt-tolerant plant previously found in up to 20 scattered locations near the sea in the South of England and Ireland, but since the start of the new Century now found in only one location: in County Wexford, Ireland, by the sea.

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