Gomphrena lanuparonychioidesT. Ortuño & Borsch

woolly cottonflower

WFO wfo-1000084198 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Gomphrena lanuparonychioides, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. a Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-12 / obs. 136895527
Gomphrena lanuparonychioides, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. b Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76797130
Gomphrena lanuparonychioides, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. c Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39527637
Gomphrena lanuparonychioides, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. d Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 22342961
Gomphrena lanuparonychioides, photographed by Sue Ann Kendall
fig. e Sue Ann Kendall, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 51080143
Gomphrena lanuparonychioides, photographed by Jo Roberts
fig. f Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135888414
Gomphrena lanuparonychioides, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. g Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135738311
Gomphrena lanuparonychioides, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. h Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 2055193

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Gomphrena lanuparonychioides is native: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Dominican Republic, Haiti ArkansasLouisianaMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestNew MexicoOklahomaTexasDominican RepublicHaiti
Native distribution of Gomphrena lanuparonychioides, 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
Arkansas ARK NORTHERN AMERICA
Louisiana LOU
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
New Mexico NWM
Oklahoma OKL
Texas TEX
Dominican Republic DOM SOUTHERN AMERICA
Haiti HAI

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 11 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.

  • Achyranthes piloselloides Poit. ex Moq.
  • Gossypianthus lanuginosus (Poir.) Moq.
  • Gossypianthus lanuginosus var. sheldonii Uline & W.L.Bray
  • Gossypianthus lanuginosus var. tenuiflorus (Hook.) Henrickson
  • Gossypianthus sheldonii (Uline & W.L.Bray) Small
  • Gossypianthus tenuiflorus Hook.
  • Guilleminea lanuginosa (Poir.) Moq. ex Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Guilleminea lanuginosa var. lanuginosa
  • Guilleminea lanuginosa var. rigidiflora (Hook.) Mears
  • Guilleminea lanuginosa var. sheldonii (Uline & W.L.Bray) Mears
  • Paronychia lanuginosa Poir.

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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol GOLA2. public domain. 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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