EcoFlora - Elephantopus elatus

Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
Family: Asteraceae Tall Elephant's-Foot University of Florida Herbarium	FNA Resources John L. Strother in Flora of North America (vol. 19, 20 and 21) Plants (1-)6-7+ dm. Leaves 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, 8-12+ × 6-8+ mm. Inner phyllaries 6-8 mm, ± densely strigose to villous, hairs (0.3-)0.5-1 mm. Cypselae 3-3.5 mm; pappi 3-4 mm. 2n = 22. Flowering Aug-Sep. Open or shaded, dry to wet places in pine forests and mixed forests, usually on sandy soils; 0-50 m; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., S.C.
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