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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Elephantopinae
  8. Elephant's Feet

genus

Elephant's Feet

Elephantopus

Traits
Includes
4 native 1 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Leafy Elephant's-foot native
  • Common Elephant's-foot native
  • Elephant's Foot present
  • Tall Elephant's-foot native
  • Prickly-leaved Elephant's Foot
  • Smooth Elephant's Foot native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native elephant's feet All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Leafy Elephant's-foot Elephantopus carolinianus caterpillars 2 food 3 flowers 30
  • Common Elephant's-foot Elephantopus tomentosus caterpillars 2 flowers 24
  • Smooth Elephant's Foot Elephantopus nudatus caterpillars 2 flowers 16
  • Tall Elephant's-foot Elephantopus elatus caterpillars 1 flowers 50

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