Elephantopus tomentosus

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 tomentosus
Name

Elephantopus tomentosus L., 1753
Synonyms

Asterocephalus bodimeri Gagnepain
Elephantopus carolinianus var. simplex Nutt.
Elephantopus nudicaulis Ell.
Elephantopus virgatus Ham.

Homonyms

Elephantopus tomentosus L. = Elephantopus mollis Kunth

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 814. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Elephantopus tomentosus. 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 online. Accessed: 2018 May 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Elephantopus tomentosus. Published online. Accessed: May 29 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Elephantopus tomentosus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 29.
Tropicos.org 2018. Elephantopus tomentosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 May 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Elephantopus tomentosus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Elephantopus tomentosus is a species of perennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.[1] It is native to the southeastern United States. It blooms from July to September.[1]

Common names include woolly elephant's foot and devil's grandmother.[2]
References

Justice, William S.; Bell, C. Ritchie; Lindsey, Anne H. (2005). Wild Flowers of North Carolina (2. printing. ed.). Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press. p. 255. ISBN 0807855979.
Georgia, Ada E. (1914). A Manual Of Weeds. The Macmillan Company.