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Elephantopus tomentosus
Also called Tobacco Weed, Common Elephant's Foot
Elephantopus tomentosus is a species of perennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southeastern United States. It blooms from July to September.
Common names include mammoth's foot, woolly elephant's foot, and devil's grandmother.
This species is native to the southeastern United States' coastal plain, its range stretching from Maryland to Florida and westward to Texas and Arkansas. It is also native in areas south of the United States, to Chiapas, Mexico.
Carolina elephantsfoot · Tall elephantsfoot · Soft elephantsfoot · Smooth elephantsfoot · Elephant's foot · Elephantsfoot
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Elephantopus tomentosus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
