Elephantopus tomentosus |
Elephantopus carolinianus |
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devil's grandmother, hairy elephantfoot |
Carolina elephantsfoot, leafy elephantfoot |
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Habit | Plants (1–)3–6+ dm. | Plants (1–)3–8(–12+) dm. |
Leaves | mostly basal at flowering; blades usually obovate to oblanceolate or spatulate (rarely ± orbiculate), 3–8(–10+) cm × 4–12(–25+) mm (including petioles), abaxial faces ± densely pilose, adaxial sparsely pilose to hirsute. |
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. |
Bracts | rounded-cordate, 8–15(–20+) × 7–15(–18+) mm. |
rounded-deltate to lance-deltate, (5–)10–15(–25+) × (4–)6–12+ mm. |
Inner phyllaries | 9–11+ mm, pilosulous, hairs 0.3–0.6(–0.9) mm. |
8–10 mm, sparsely hispidulous to pilosulous, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm. |
Cypselae | (3–)4–5 mm; pappi 6–8 mm. |
2.5–4 mm; pappi 4–5 mm. |
2n | = 22. |
= 22. |
Elephantopus tomentosus |
Elephantopus carolinianus |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Sep. | Flowering Aug–Sep(–Oct). |
Habitat | Open or shaded, dry to wet places in pine forests and mixed forests, often on sandy soils | Open or shaded, damp to wet places in pine forests and mixed forests, often on sandy soils |
Elevation | 10–600 m (0–2000 ft) | 10–700 m (0–2300 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; FL; GA; KY; LA; MD; MS; NC; OK; SC; TN; TX; VA [Mexico (probably introduced)]
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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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Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 203. | FNA vol. 19, p. 203. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Vernonieae > Elephantopus | Asteraceae > tribe Vernonieae > Elephantopus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 814. (1753) | Raeuschel: Nomencl. Bot. ed. 3, 256. (1797) |
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