Synonyms:

• Basionym: Tussilago nutans L.

Common names:

• silver-puff  (Source: F Tex) - English
• white-back  (Source: F St John) - English
• dos blanc  (Source: F LAnt) - French
• língua-de-vaca-miúda  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• paraqueda  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• paraquedinha  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• tapira  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• lechuguilla  (Source: Esp Veg Prom) - Spanish

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Guerrero, Mexico, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, [Antigua] Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British), [Tortola] Virgin Islands (U.S.)
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Federal District, Tocantins]
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, [Bolivar, El Oro, Imbabura, Los Rios, Morona-Santiago, Pastaza, Pichincha, Zamora-Chinchipe] Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=10149. Accessed 19 April 2018.