Stevia salicifoliaCav.

willowleaf candyleaf

WFO wfo-0000113845 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Stevia salicifolia, photographed by Tereso Hernández Morales
fig. a Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-02 / obs. 171212555
Stevia salicifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91165882
Stevia salicifolia, photographed by José Belem Hernández Díaz
fig. c José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 21699024
Stevia salicifolia, photographed by José Belem Hernández Díaz
fig. d José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10610623
Stevia salicifolia, photographed by José Belem Hernández Díaz
fig. e José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9769631
Stevia salicifolia, photographed by Roberto Rodriguez
fig. f Roberto Rodriguez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31649284
Stevia salicifolia, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. g Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 4594174
Stevia salicifolia, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. h Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 4594178

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Stevia salicifolia is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SouthwestNew Mexico
Native distribution of Stevia salicifolia, 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
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southwest MXS
New Mexico NWM

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 17 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.

  • Ageratum viscosum Ortega
  • Stevia angustifolia Kunth
  • Stevia angustifolia var. angustifolia
  • Stevia collodes Greenm.
  • Stevia flourensioides S.F.Blake
  • Stevia foliosa Small
  • Stevia integra S.F.Blake
  • Stevia linearifolia Walp.
  • Stevia odorata Hort.Dammer ex Regel
  • Stevia salicifolia var. anathera B.L.Rob.
  • Stevia salicifolia var. aristata Sch.Bip.
  • Stevia salicifolia var. integra B.L.Rob.
  • Stevia salicifolia var. stenophylla B.L.Rob.
  • Stevia semperflorens Ten. ex DC.
  • Stevia sempervirens Steud.
  • Stevia stenophylla A.Gray
  • Xetoligus salicifolius Raf.

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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