...Variable
...Dry
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Elephantopus tomentosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Elephantopus tomentosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-28-002:
Elephantopus tomentosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Common Elephant's Foot, Upland Elephant's Foot, Woodland Elephant's Foot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_elto2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0401e_11
January Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0007b_15
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0308m_17
August Greenville County SC
Two to five 5-lobed disk flowers in a circle, resembling ray flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm100821_457
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm100821_464
August Greenville County SC
Flowers in heads surrounded by 3 conspicuous bracts, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm100821_470
August Greenville County SC
Leaves are mostly basal, broadly oblong, and lie flat on the ground, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm160826_007
August Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_e_tomentosus
August
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3562
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm111016_017
October Greenville County SC
Stems hirsute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmetomentosus_habit
Month Unknown