Asteraceae

Slender poreleaf

Porophyllum gracile Benth.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Porophyllum

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Slender poreleaf: Porophyllum gracile on hillside just west of Las Vegas, Nevada — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: Slender poreleaf

Synonyms

Porophyllum caesium Greene
Porophyllum cedrense Rose & Standl. ex Rydb.
Porophyllum confertum Greene
Porophyllum confertum var. confertum
Porophyllum confertum var. ochroleucum I.M.Johnst.
Porophyllum junciforme Greene
Porophyllum leucospermum Greene
Porophyllum nodosum M.E.Jones
Porophyllum ochroleucum Rydb.
Porophyllum pinifolium Rydb.
Porophyllum putidum A.Nelson
Porophyllum vaseyi Greene

Characteristics

Growth habit: Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.