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Read more about Common 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 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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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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August Greenville County SC
Flowers in heads surrounded by 3 conspicuous bracts, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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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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October Greenville County SC
Stems hirsute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.