Elephantopus elatus

Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
Common Name:Southern Elephant's Foot; Tall Elephant's Foot
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Southern Elephant's Foot is a native herbaceous perennial in the Sunflower family. It occurs in the southern half of Alabama. Southern Elephant's Foot grows in mesic to moist pine woodlands, on roadsides, and in disturbed habitats. It often occurs near Smooth Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray) but on drier soils. Southern Elephant's Foot is a perennial with a tap root. Leaves form a basal rosette. The leaves are oblanceolate in outline and densely pilose to hirsute on both surfaces. The leaves are usually a light yellowish-green color. Flowering stems are 2-3 feet tall, and leafless or with 2-3 reduced sessile leaves. The flowering stems are light green in color with short white hairs. Flowers are produced in heads. The heads are arranged in loose panicles or corymbs. Heads are subtended by three leaf-like bracts with long pubescence hiding the glands. The bracts often appear “frosted”. The heads contain only disc flowers which are light purple to almost white in color. The fruit is an achene.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Elephantopus
Species Elephantopus elatus Bertol. - Southern Elephant's Foot; Tall Elephant's Foot

Citation

Citation Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni, Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 2: 607. 1850.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: ALABAMA: Without data, Gates s.n. (holotype: ?; isotype: GH).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Elephantopus elatus var. intermedius Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni, var. intermedius Gleason, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 252. 1919. MISSISSIPPI: Coopolis (?), 8 Sep 1898, Tracy 4741 (holotype: NY; isotype: MO).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Houston, Lee, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Russell

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, BRIT, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1951 - 1994

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UWAL0000585 Crenshaw 10 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19773
UWAL
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
USAM000002125 Mobile 26 Jul 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3410
USAM
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91574 Coffee 20 Aug 1980 Kral, Robert
87711
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91578 Butler 30 Aug 1970 Kral, Robert
40878
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
TROY000038431 Covington 08 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24521
TROY
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91575 Clarke 05 Sep 1970 Kral, Robert
41154
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91581 Baldwin 09 Oct 1967 Kral, Robert
29791
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
TROY000044125 Geneva 25 Aug 2016 Byrd, Cameron
54
TROY
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
AMAL00013832 Conecuh 21 Aug 1981 Kral, Robert
67837
AMAL
Elephantopus elatus Bertol
UWAL0018982 Geneva 26 Aug 1998 Kral, Robert
87772
UWAL
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
AUA000003098 Escambia 3 Sep 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6324
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
AUA000003095 Dale 30 Jul 1970 Moore, Harold D.
538
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
UNA00058388 Conecuh 08 Sep 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12641
UNA
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
UWAL0016643 Covington 26 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25549
UWAL
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91590 Conecuh 21 Aug 1981 Kral, Robert
67837
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91586 Covington 19 Sep 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12037
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
UNA00046345 Mobile 03 Aug 1964 Deramus, Rebecca
D227
UNA
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
BRIT91470 Montgomery 07 Oct 1975 Kral, Robert
54515
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91480 Geneva 13 Oct 1970 Kral, Robert
41720
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
AUA000035282 Covington 15 Aug 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5195
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
UNA00046361 Baldwin s.d. Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
AUA000003093 Coffee 13 Aug 1973 Kral, Robert
51261
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
ALNHS00000766 Baldwin 13 Sep 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
Perd-715
ALNHS
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
TROY000039215 Conecuh 18 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24564
TROY
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
UWAL0015143 Covington 08 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24521
UWAL
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91471 Monroe 19 Sep 1971 Kral, Robert
44386
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91481 Geneva 26 Aug 1998 Kral, Robert
87772
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91583 Baldwin 20 Nov 1983 Wilhelm, Gerould
11886
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91589 Conecuh 01 Sep 1970 Kral, Robert
40966
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91582 Baldwin 09 Oct 1967 Kral, Robert
29779
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
UNA00056105 Geneva 26 Aug 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11822
UNA
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
TROY000044119 Geneva 22 Sep 2016 Byrd, Cameron
204
TROY
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
USAM000002124 Mobile 15 Jul 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
4003
USAM
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
UNA00046363 Baldwin 13 Sep 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.
UNA
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
AUA000003099 Geneva 18 Aug 1970 Moore, Harold D.
661
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
UWAL0010198 Crenshaw 25 Sep 2006 Kral, Robert
97690
UWAL
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
AUA000003089 Baldwin 26 Sep 1971 Boone, Allison
019
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
BRIT91588 Covington 19 Aug 1999 Kral, Robert
88737B
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91484 Escambia 25 Sep 1999 Kral, Robert
88875
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91476 Mobile 18 Oct 1969 Rogers, Ken E.
1922
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91579 Butler 21 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20074
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91591 Conecuh 08 Oct 1974 Kral, Robert
54539
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
TROY000014644 Crenshaw 10 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19773
TROY
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
UWAL0038470 Mobile 16 Aug 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
8139.1
UWAL
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
TROY000035440 Crenshaw 25 Sep 2006 Kral, Robert
97690
TROY
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
AUA000003101 Monroe 10 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
1104
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
AUA000003102 Russell 2 Aug 2002 Gil, Glenda
(2001-308)
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
TROY000014621 Monroe 27 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18393
TROY
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
AUA000003100 Lee 3 Oct 1973 Sutherland, M.
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
BRIT91576 Choctaw 20 Sep 1969 Kral, Robert
37115
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91478 Houston 04 Sep 1999 MacDonald, John R.
13452
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
UNA00046344 Mobile 03 Aug 1964 Deramus, Rebecca
D214
UNA
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
BRIT91483 Escambia 07 Oct 1968 Kral, Robert
33869
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91592 Coffee 13 Aug 1973 Kral, Robert
51261
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
AUA000003091 Butler 2 Aug 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
1332
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
UNA00046362 Mobile 28 Aug 1951 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.
UNA
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
AUA000003097 Conecuh 1 Sep 1970 Kral, Robert
40966
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
UNA00056218 Covington 19 Sep 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12037
UNA
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
AUA000003096 Clarke 15 Oct 1971 Henley, Nancy S.
100
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
UWAL0012667 Covington 27 Sep 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
836
UWAL
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
ALNHS00003059 Geneva 1 Oct 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1559
ALNHS
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
UWAL0031754 Coffee 20 Aug 1998 Kral, Robert
87711
UWAL
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
BRIT91472 Monroe 23 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69595
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91475 Mobile 01 Sep 1970 Rogers, Ken E.
4244A
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
UNA00023704 Escambia 17 Aug 1994 Haynes, Robert R.
9495
UNA
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
AMAL00020259 Baldwin 13 Sep 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
Perd-715
AMAL
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
BRIT91473 Mobile 08 Oct 1967 Kral, Robert
29700
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91482 Geneva 13 Oct 1978 Kral, Robert
62967
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
AUA000030698 Covington 18 Oct 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4920
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
AUA000003090 Barbour 10 Aug 1971 Waters, Jerry C.
150
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
AUA000003103 Russell 2 Aug 2002 Gil, Glenda
(2001-308)
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
UWAL0005878 Covington 24 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69653
UWAL
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
AUA000003094 Conecuh 5 Nov 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
10093
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
BRIT91587 Covington 20 Oct 1969 Kral, Robert
38144
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91485 Elmore 31 Aug 1969 Kral, Robert
36600
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
TROY000041577 Covington 26 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25549
TROY
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91479 Geneva 06 Oct 1968 Kral, Robert
33789
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91577 Choctaw 10 Oct 1974 Kral, Robert
54670
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
TROY000001819 Covington 13 Aug 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
11999
TROY
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
AUA000003104 Russell 1 Jul 2002 Gil, Glenda
2001-277
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
TROY000014757 Butler 21 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20074
TROY
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
UWAL0015885 Conecuh 18 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24564
UWAL
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
TROY000001817 Coffee 01 Sep 1999 Martin, Brian H.
176
TROY
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91585 Covington 17 Aug 1968 Kral, Robert
32525
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91584 Covington 24 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69653
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
BRIT91474 Mobile 01 Sep 1970 Rogers, Ken E.
4245
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
AUA000003092 Butler 25 Sep 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5544
AUA
Elephantopus Elatus Bertol.
BRIT91477 Mobile 08 Oct 1967 Kral, Robert
29716
BRIT
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
TROY000001818 Conecuh 09 Sep 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
12109
TROY
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
UWAL0043066 Baldwin 03 Nov 2006 Larsen, Harry S.
1574
UWAL
Elephantopus elatus Bertol.
UWAL0039577 Geneva 22 Sep 2016 Byrd, Cameron
204
UWAL
Elephantopus elatus Bertol
SAMF0006947 Covington 21 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25536
SAMF
Elephantopus elatus Bertoloni
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