View source for Elephantopus tomentosus

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|accepted_name=Elephantopus tomentosus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 814. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Vernonieae;Elephantopus;Elephantopus tomentosus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Vernonieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Elephantopus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Elephantopus tomentosus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 203
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>(1–)3–6+ dm. <b>Leaves</b> mostly basal at flowering; blades usually obovate to oblanceolate or spatulate (rarely ± orbiculate), 3–8(–10+) cm × 4–12(–25+) mm (including petioles), abaxial faces ± densely pilose, adaxial sparsely pilose to hirsute. <b>Bracts</b> rounded-cordate, 8–15(–20+) × 7–15(–18+) mm. <b>Inner</b> phyllaries 9–11+ mm, pilosulous, hairs 0.3–0.6(–0.9) mm. <b>Cypselae</b> (3–)4–5 mm; pappi 6–8 mm. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Open or shaded, dry to wet places in pine forests and mixed forests, often on sandy soils
|elevation=10–600 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico (probably introduced).
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name=Elephantopus tomentosus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Open or shaded, dry to wet places in pine forests and mixed forests, often on sandy soils
|elevation=10–600 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico (probably introduced).
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Vernonieae
|genus=Elephantopus
|species=Elephantopus tomentosus
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