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Elephantopus elatus

Elephantopus elatus Bertol.

Tall Elephant's-foot

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

Synonym(s): Elephantopus elatus var. intermedius

USDA Symbol: ELEL3

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Size Notes: To about 2 feet in height.
Fruit: Fruit is a cypsela (pl. cypselae). Though technically incorrect, the fruit is often referred to as an achene.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Pink , Purple
Bloom Time: Aug , Sep , Oct

Distribution

USA: AL , FL , GA , LA , MS , SC

National Wetland Indicator Status

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FACU				FACU

This information is derived from: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (2023). 2022 National Wetland Plant List, version 3.6. U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS. https://wetland-plants.usace.army.mil/. Click here for map of regions.

Web Reference

Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Research Literature

Reslit 785 - Tumor inhibitors. XL. Isolation and structural elucidation of elephantin and elephantopin, two novel sesquiterpenoid tumor inhibitors from Elephantopus elatus (1969) S. M. Kupchan, Y. Aynehchi, J. M. Cassady, H. K. S...
Reslit 786 - The isolation and structural elucidation of two novel sesquiterpenoid tumor inhibitors from Elephantopus elatus (1966) S. M. Kupchan, J. M. Cassady, A. T. McPhail, G. A....
Reslit 917 - Effects of Fire on Plant Community Composition of North Florida Second Growth Pineland (1992) D. W. Mehlman

This information was provided by the Florida WIldflower Foundation.
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Additional resources

USDA: Find Elephantopus elatus in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Elephantopus elatus in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Elephantopus elatus

Metadata

Record Modified: 2022-12-26
Research By: Joseph A. Marcus

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