Pappophorum philippianumParodi

whiplash pappusgrass

WFO wfo-0000887049 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pappophorum philippianum, photographed by Mike Ostrowski
fig. a Mike Ostrowski, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-08-06 / obs. 149253854
Pappophorum philippianum, photographed by Eliseo D Moreno
fig. b Eliseo D Moreno, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 29168941
Pappophorum philippianum, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. c Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 11406773
Pappophorum philippianum, photographed by Guillermo Debandi
fig. d Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 96914915
Pappophorum philippianum, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. e Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 183794769
Pappophorum philippianum, photographed by samlutfy
fig. f samlutfy, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17875114
Pappophorum philippianum, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. g CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10207593
Pappophorum philippianum, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. h CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9930373

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Pappophorum philippianum is native: Mexico Northwest, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Uruguay Mexico NorthwestArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestArgentina SouthBoliviaBrazil SouthUruguay
Native distribution of Pappophorum philippianum, 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
Argentina South AGS
Bolivia BOL
Brazil South BZS
Uruguay URU
Mexico Northwest MXN NORTHERN AMERICA

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 5 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.

  • Pappophorum macrospermum Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.
  • Pappophorum mucronulatum f. intermedia Hack.
  • Pappophorum mucronulatum var. subsimplex Hack.
  • Pappophorum mucronulatum var. vaginatum (Phil.) Hack.
  • Pappophorum vaginatum Phil.

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 PAVA2. 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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