...Moist
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Leafy Elephant's Foot at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Elephantopus carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Elephantopus carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-28-001:
Elephantopus carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Leafy Elephant's Foot, Carolina Elephant's Foot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_elca3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_elca3_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm130616_277
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120825_944
August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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Gill Newberry gn09_e_caroliniana_side
September
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Gill Newberry gn09_e_carolinianus_top
September
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JK Marlow jkm070908_037
September Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
Each head has 4 disk flowers with 5 petal-like segments, per Wildflowers of the Eastern Forests.
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JK Marlow jkm070908_041
September Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
Flower clusters subtended by relatively large leaflike bracts, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm110925_624
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190903_1221
September Greenville County SC
Flowers pink or purple, rarely white [as here!], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_e_carolinianus_2
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_e_carolinianus_5
September
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JK Marlow jkm0410f_19
October Greenville County SC
Basal leaves few, stem leaves well developed but reduced upward, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.