Elephantopus 



Compositae 



905 



50 



Map 1980 



Vernonia missurica Raf 



"To 

 Map 1981 



Elephantopus carolimanus Raeuschel 



Map 1982 

 Eupatonum maculatum L 



2. Vernonia fasciculata Michx. Map 1979. This species prefers a wet or 

 prairie habitat and is found in sloughs in the Lower Wabash Bottoms, in 

 wet marshes, and moist prairie habitats. It is infrequent and probably 

 entirely absent from the southeastern part of the state although there are 

 reports for it from that area. 



Ohio to Minn., southw. to Okla. 



3. Vernonia missurica Raf. ( Vernonia illinoensis Gleason and Vernonia 

 altissima var. taeniotricha Blake.) Map 1980. Infrequent to frequent, 

 usually in dry places and rarely in wet places. It is generally found along 

 roadsides and railroads, in pasture fields, and less frequently in open woods. 



Ont. to Iowa, southw. to Ala., Miss., and N. Mex. 



3a. Vernonia missurica f. carnea Standley (Rhodora 32: 33. 1930.) is 

 a form with "rose or flesh colored" flowers which was reported by Standley 

 as found in Porter County. 



8775. ELEPHANTOPUS [VailL] L. Elephant's-foot 



1. Elephantopus carolinianus Raeuschel. (Elephantopus carolinianus 

 Willd.) Elephant's-foot. Map 1981. Frequent to infrequent or rare in 

 dry and usually more or less sandy soil, mostly in black and white oak 

 woods but also in beech woods, and along roadsides. It was once found in 

 a hogyard where the hogs had destroyed all the vegetation except this 

 species, which they had not molested. 



N. J. to 111., and Kans., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



8816. EUPATORIUM [Tourn.] L. 



Leaves verticillate in 3's-6's, or the upper opposite, petiolate; tall plants generally 



1-3 m high. 



Florets 9-15, rarely 8 or more than 15; inflorescence flat-topped; flowers generally 



pinkish purple; florets scarcely exserted at anthesis; stems generally solid, 



rarely hollow, not glaucous; leaves mostly in 4's or 5's, rarely in 3's or 6's. 



1. E. maculatum. 



