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The acaulescent species of Elephantopus are easily and often confused with Vernonia acaulis, especially when sterile. Vernonia has leaves scabrous above and sparsely pilose to glabrate beneath; Elephantopus has leaves sparely pilose above, densely pilose or tomentose below. Vernonia leaves tend to have a more acute apex, and the veins above are more strikingly differentiated in their color (white or pink) from the adjacent leaf tissue. When in flower, the presence of subtending foliose bracts below the compound glomerule of heads in Elephantopus (versus the absence of foliose bracts below the simple head in Vernonia) is diagnostic, per Weakley's Flora (2023)

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Elephantopus elatus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Elephantopus elatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Elephantopus elatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Elephantopus elatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-28-004:

Elephantopus elatus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Elephantopus elatus

COMMON NAME:
Southern Elephant's Foot

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Elephantopus elatus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Elephantopus elatus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Elephantopus elatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Elephantopus elatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Elephantopus elatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-28-004:
Elephantopus elatus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Elephantopus elatus