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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Elephantopus carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Leafy Elephant's Foot at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Elephantopus carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Elephantopus carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-28-001:
Elephantopus carolinianus FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Elephantopus carolinianus
COMMON NAME:
Leafy Elephant's Foot, Carolina Elephant's Foot
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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 (Bell & Lindsey).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm230901_5173
September Greenville County SC
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm201022_7899
October Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Elephantopus carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Elephantopus carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Elephantopus carolinianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-28-001:
Elephantopus carolinianus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Elephantopus carolinianus
508
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic to dry forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Lavender
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p074
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p060
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p125
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p385
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p105
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p075
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p292
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p340
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p187
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p257
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