Elephantopus carolinianus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Vernonioideae
Tribus: Vernonieae
Subtribus: Elephantopinae
Genus: Elephantopus
Species: Elephantopus carolinianus
Name

Elephantopus carolinianus Raeusch., 1797
Synonyms

Elephantopus carolinianus Willd.
Elephantopus flexuosus Raf.
Elephantopus violaceus Sch. Bip.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental:Northern America
USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Räuschel, E.A., Nomenclator Botanicus [ed. 3] 256. 1797.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Elephantopus carolinianus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Elephantopus carolinianus. Published online. Accessed: May 28 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Elephantopus carolinianus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 28.
Tropicos.org 2018. Elephantopus carolinianus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 28.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Elephantopus carolinianus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Elephantopus carolinianus, common names Carolina elephantsfoot[2] or leafy elephant's foot,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to the United States from Florida north as far as Ohio, Illinois, and Pennsylvania, west to Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.[4]

Elephantopus carolinianus is a perennial herb sometimes as much as 120 cm (4 feet) tall. Leaves are elliptic or ovate to lanceolate, up to 12 cm (5 inches) long, darker on the upper side than they are on the lower side. The plant produces numerous small flower heads in a tight cluster, each head generally containing only 4-5 florets.[5]
References

The Plant List Elephantopus carolinianus Raeuschel
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Elephantopus carolinianus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
Weakley, Alan S. (May 2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States (PDF). Chapel Hill, NC, USA: The University of North Carolina Herbarium. p. 1115. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Flora of North America, Elephantopus carolinianus Raeuschel, Nomencl. Bot. ed. 3. 256. 1797.