It is one of several genera in "the Filago group," and some authors include it within the genus Filago.
Some cottonrose species were formerly classified under the genera Filago and/or Oglifa.
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It is built by both birds out of the stems of various flowering plants such as cudweed (Gnaphalium) and (Filago), and thyme (Thymus), and lined with whisps of wool, hairs, roots and feathers.