Cyanthillium cinereum(L.) H.Rob.

little ironweedpoovamkurunnila

WFO wfo-0000051035 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cyanthillium cinereum, photographed by 雲一百香果
fig. a 雲一百香果, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205109130

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Native range 80 botanical countries

Regions where Cyanthillium cinereum is native: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China South-Central, China Southeast, Gulf States, Japan, Kazan-retto, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Yemen, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Christmas I., East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Caroline Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Marianas, Marshall Is., New Caledonia, Pitcairn Is., Tuamotu AngolaBeninBurkinaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadCongoDR CongoEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMadagascarMaliMozambiqueNigeriaNorthern ProvincesSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabweChina South-CentralChina SoutheastGulf StatesJapanOmanSaudi ArabiaTaiwanYemenAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosMalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPakistanPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaThailandVietnamWest HimalayaNew South WalesQueenslandVictoriaFijiHawaiiNew Caledonia Cape VerdeComorosNansei-shotoAndaman Is.Christmas I.Laccadive Is.MaldivesSouth China SeaCaroline Is.MarianasMarshall Is.Pitcairn Is.Tuamotu
Native distribution of Cyanthillium cinereum, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Cape Verde CVI
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Comoros COM
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Madagascar MDG
Mali MLI
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Senegal SEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
Christmas I. XMS
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laccadive Is. LDV
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Maldives MDV
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
South China Sea SCS
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Gulf States GST
Japan JAP
Kazan-retto KZN
Nansei-shoto NNS
Ogasawara-shoto OGA
Oman OMA
Saudi Arabia SAU
Taiwan TAI
Yemen YEM
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Fiji FIJ
Gilbert Is. GIL
Hawaii HAW
Marianas MRN
Marshall Is. MRS
New Caledonia NWC
Pitcairn Is. PIT
Tuamotu TUA
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Victoria VIC

Not drawn on the map: Kazan-retto, Ogasawara-shoto, Gilbert Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are listed rather than guessed at.

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.

Flowering 1,015 in flower of 1,180 examined

Proportion of examined Cyanthillium cinereum in flower, by month
Month In flower Examined Share 95% interval
Jan 122 134 91% 85% to 95%
Feb 78 89 88% 79% to 93%
Mar 77 83 93% 85% to 97%
Apr 106 120 88% 81% to 93%
May 76 86 88% 80% to 94%
Jun 45 53 85% 73% to 92%
Jul 59 67 88% 78% to 94%
Aug 51 61 84% 72% to 91%
Sep 61 74 82% 72% to 89%
Oct 106 133 80% 72% to 86%
Nov 121 147 82% 75% to 88%
Dec 113 133 85% 78% to 90%

Peak flowering in Mar. Each bar is the share of Cyanthillium cinereum observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 1,015 of 1,180 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 56 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.

  • Blumea esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot
  • Cacalia cinerea Kuntze
  • Cacalia erigerodes Kuntze
  • Cacalia linifolia B.Heyne ex DC.
  • Cacalia rotundifolia Willd.
  • Calea cordata Lour.
  • Cassinia laevis Endl. ex DC.
  • Cassinia longifolia R.Br.
  • Cassinia longifolia var. longifolia
  • Cassinia longifolia var. straminea Benth.
  • Chrysocoma violacea Schumach. & Thonn.
  • Cineraria glaberrima Spreng. ex DC.
  • Conyza cinerea L.
  • Conyza heterophylla Lam.
  • Conyza incana B.Heyne ex DC.
  • Conyza ivifolia Burm.f.
  • Conyza mollis Willd.
  • Conyza prolifera Lam.
  • Crassocephalum flatmense Hochst. & Steud. ex DC.
  • Cyanopis decurrens Zoll. & Mor.
  • Cyanopis erigeroides DC.
  • Cyanopis erigeroides var. erigeroides
  • Cyanopsis decurrens Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Eupatorium arboreum Reinw. ex de Vriese

and 32 more.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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