Tephroseris helenitis(L.) B.Nord.

WFO wfo-0000000404 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tephroseris helenitis, photographed by Joan Simon
fig. a Joan Simon, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-04 / obs. 203941230
Tephroseris helenitis, photographed by Joan Simon
fig. b Joan Simon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203941191
Tephroseris helenitis, photographed by Joan Simon
fig. c Joan Simon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203941023
Tephroseris helenitis, photographed by Joan Simon
fig. d Joan Simon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203940983
Tephroseris helenitis, photographed by Wolfgang Jauch
fig. e Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132210067
Tephroseris helenitis, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. f Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8146314
Tephroseris helenitis, photographed by Thomas Koffel
fig. g Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8146278
Tephroseris helenitis, photographed by Thomas Ebner
fig. h Thomas Ebner, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 72108662

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Tephroseris helenitis is native: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, NW. Balkan Pen., Spain, Switzerland AustriaBelgiumFranceGermanyNW. Balkan Pen.SpainSwitzerland
Native distribution of Tephroseris helenitis, 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
Austria AUT EUROPE
Belgium BGM
France FRA
Germany GER
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI

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 41 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.

  • Cineraria arvernensis Rouy
  • Cineraria campestris Zett. ex Willk. & Lange
  • Cineraria integrifolia Benth. ex Willk. & Lange
  • Cineraria lanceolata Lam.
  • Cineraria lanceolata var. candida Corb.
  • Cineraria lanceolata var. lanceolata
  • Cineraria longifolia Lapeyr.
  • Cineraria longifolia subsp. arvernensis (Rouy) Nyman
  • Cineraria longifolia subsp. pyrenaica (Nyman) Nyman
  • Cineraria longifolia var. macrochaeta Willk.
  • Cineraria pyrenaica Nyman
  • Cineraria spathulifolia C.C.Gmel.
  • Othonna helenitis L.
  • Senecio cantabricus Willk.
  • Senecio capcirensis Sennen
  • Senecio capitatus subsp. pyrenaicus (Nyman) P.Fourn.
  • Senecio helenitis (L.) Schinz & Thell.
  • Senecio helenitis subsp. arvernensis (Rouy) Cufod.
  • Senecio helenitis subsp. helenitis
  • Senecio helenitis subsp. macrochaetus (Willk.) Brunerye
  • Senecio helenitis subsp. salisburgensis Cufod.
  • Senecio helenitis var. discoideus (DC.) Argüelles, Carlón, G.Gómez, J.M.González, M.Laínz, Moreno Mor. & Ó.Sánchez
  • Senecio helenitis var. helenitis
  • Senecio lanceolatus (Lam.) Gren.

and 17 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. 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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