Gomphrena perennisL.

WFO wfo-0000706167 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Gomphrena perennis, photographed by aacocucci
fig. a aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-17 / obs. 189109963
Gomphrena perennis, photographed by Romi Galeota Lencina
fig. b Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188868304
Gomphrena perennis, photographed by demianlescano
fig. c demianlescano, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173343328
Gomphrena perennis, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. d Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161264459
Gomphrena perennis, photographed by Facundo Chieffo
fig. e Facundo Chieffo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 118808279
Gomphrena perennis, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. f Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 169926009
Gomphrena perennis, photographed by Tomás Carranza Perales
fig. g Tomás Carranza Perales, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195667060
Gomphrena perennis, photographed by Sergio Olalde
fig. h Sergio Olalde, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182201159

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Gomphrena perennis is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil SouthBrazil West-CentralParaguayUruguay
Native distribution of Gomphrena perennis, 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 Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil South BZS
Brazil West-Central BZC
Paraguay PAR
Uruguay URU

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 16 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.

  • Amaranthoides perenne Dillenius, Johann Jacob
  • Gomphrena perennis f. grandifolia Stuchlík
  • Gomphrena perennis f. villosa Stuchlík
  • Gomphrena perennis subsp. nitida Stuchlík
  • Gomphrena perennis subsp. pseudodecumbens Stuchlík
  • Gomphrena perennis var. nitida Stuchlík
  • Gomphrena perennis var. perennis
  • Gomphrena perennis var. saxatilis R.E.Fr.
  • Gomphrena perennis var. valdecristata Suess.
  • Gomphrena perennis var. villosa R.E.Fr.
  • Gomphrena subalpina Herzog
  • Gomphrena suffruticosa Griseb.
  • Gomphrena villosa Mart.
  • Ninanga bicolor Raf.
  • Xeraea perennis (L.) Kuntze
  • Xeraea villosa (Mart.) Kuntze

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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