Index / Search / Gossypianthus lanuginosus
§1 Plant
Gossypianthus lanuginosus (Poir.) Moq.
vernacular woolly cottonflower — species · Amaranthaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Amaranthaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Gossypianthus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 55 counties across 4 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 55 counties across 4 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Bexar 48029
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Caldwell 48055
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Coleman 48083
- Dallas 48113
- Duval 48131
- Edwards 48137
- Gillespie 48171
- Harris 48201
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hunt 48231
- Irion 48235
- Jackson 48239
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Karnes 48255
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Kleberg 48273
- Live Oak 48297
- Llano 48299
- Lynn 48305
- Matagorda 48321
- Maverick 48323
- McMullen 48311
- Medina 48325
- Nueces 48355
- Pecos 48371
- Real 48385
- Refugio 48391
- San Patricio 48409
- Starr 48427
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Waller 48473
- Willacy 48489
- Wilson 48493
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GOLA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/10879699 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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