Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

little ironweed

Cyanthillium cinereum

Spanish: Pequeña hierba asiática de hierro

little ironweed (Cyanthillium cinereum)
Photographed by daniel_brito on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Cyanthillium cinereum (also known as little ironweed and poovamkurunnila in malayalam) is a species of perennial plants in the sunflower family. The species is native to tropical Africa and to tropical Asia (India, Indochina, Indonesia, etc.) and has become naturalized in Australia, Mesoamerica, tropical South America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. Most often recorded in Dec, Apr.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae
Local records2 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records24,181 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2023 – 2024
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “little ironweed (Cyanthillium cinereum) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/cyanthillium-cinereum/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.