Baccharis alpinaKunth

WFO wfo-0000083578 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Baccharis alpina, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. a Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-02 / obs. 195340732
Baccharis alpina, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. b Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195352767
Baccharis alpina, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. c Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194439711
Baccharis alpina, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. d Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195441884
Baccharis alpina, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. e Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195437969
Baccharis alpina, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. f Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194752587
Baccharis alpina, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. g Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194788722
Baccharis alpina, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. h Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194789724

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Baccharis alpina is native: Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru Argentina NorthwestBoliviaColombiaPeru
Native distribution of Baccharis alpina, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northwest AGW SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Colombia CLM
Peru PER

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Baccharis alpina f. macrocephala Hieron.
  • Baccharis alpina var. macrocephala (Hieron.) Cuatrec.
  • Baccharis alpina var. nivalis Wedd.
  • Baccharis alpina var. nummuloides Heering
  • Baccharis alpina var. serpyllifolia Wedd.
  • Baccharis alpina var. surculosa Wedd.
  • Baccharis caespitosa var. alpina (Kunth) Cuatrec.
  • Baccharis caespitosa var. surculosa (Wedd.) Cuatrec.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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