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Carolina elephantsfoot, leafy elephantfoot

tall elephantsfoot

Habit Plants (1–)3–8(–12+) dm. Plants (1–)6–7+ dm.
Leaves

mostly cauline at flowering;

blades broadly elliptic or ovate to lanceolate, 6–12(–18+) cm × 30–80(–120+) mm (including petioles), both faces sparsely pilose to hirsute.

mostly basal at flowering;

blades oblanceolate, 9–14(–20+) cm × 20–35(–45+) mm (including petioles), abaxial faces pilose to hirsute, adaxial sparsely pilose to hirsute.

Bracts

rounded-deltate to lance-deltate, (5–)10–15(–25+) × (4–)6–12+ mm.

rounded-deltate to lance-deltate, 8–12+ × 6–8+ mm.

Inner phyllaries

8–10 mm, sparsely hispidulous to pilosulous, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm.

6–8 mm, ± densely strigose to villous, hairs (0.3–)0.5–1 mm.

Cypselae

2.5–4 mm;

pappi 4–5 mm.

3–3.5 mm;

pappi 3–4 mm.

2n

= 22.

= 22.

Elephantopus carolinianus

Elephantopus elatus

Phenology Flowering Aug–Sep(–Oct). Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat Open or shaded, damp to wet places in pine forests and mixed forests, often on sandy soils Open or shaded, dry to wet places in pine forests and mixed forests, usually on sandy soils
Elevation 10–700 m (0–2300 ft) 0–50 m (0–200 ft)
Distribution
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AL; AR; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NJ; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV
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from FNA
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; SC
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Source FNA vol. 19, p. 203. FNA vol. 19, p. 203.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Vernonieae > Elephantopus Asteraceae > tribe Vernonieae > Elephantopus
Sibling taxa
E. elatus, E. nudatus, E. tomentosus
E. carolinianus, E. nudatus, E. tomentosus
Name authority Raeuschel: Nomencl. Bot. ed. 3, 256. (1797) Bertoloni: Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 2: 607. (1850)
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