Elephantopus elatus
Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 2: 607. 1850.
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 203.
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.
Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Open or shaded, dry to wet places in pine forests and mixed forests, usually on sandy soils
Elevation: 0–50 m
Distribution
Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., S.C.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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dotted +
sagittate +
introrse +
connate +
obtuse;acute +
scarious +
hirsute +
papillate +
corymbiform-paniculiform +
continuous +
cuneate +
oblanceolate +
ribbed;nerved;ribbed;nerved;smooth +
lance-linear;more or less lanceolate +
stigmatic +
absent +
not beaked +
3mm;3.5mm +
straight +
resin-gland-dotted +
distinct +
proximal +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
Open or shaded, dry to wet places in pine forests and mixed forests, usually on sandy soils +
discoid +
indeterminate +
10;40 +
homogamous +
chartaceous +
surrounding +
cylindric +
alternate +
basal +
lance-linear +
toothed +
ovate +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
decussate +
persistent +
tough +
thick +
connate +
winged +
persistent +
distinct +
unequal +
Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna +
1850 +
absent +
epaleate +
flat;convex +
fibrous +
1-aristate +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
1;2;2;8 +
Endemic +
alternate +
2-branched +
hirsutulous +
ringed +
Elephantopus elatus +
Elephantopus +
species +
longer +
perennial +