354 COMPOSITAE. Vor. III. 
1. Elephantopus carolinianus Willd. 
Carolina Elephant’s-foot. 
Fig. 4148. 
Elephantopus carolinianus Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 
2390. 1804. 
Erect, hirsute-pubescent, or glabrate 
above, corymbosely branched above, 1°-3° 
high. Leaves oval, ovate, or obovate, thin, 
the lower rather abruptly narrowed into 
margined petioles, obtuse, crenate-dentate, 
3-8’ long, 2’-4’ wide, the upper smaller, 
narrower and sessile; glomerules, includ- 
ing the bracts, nearly 1’ broad; scales of 
the pappus lanceolate-subulate, gradually 
narrowed into a long slender awn. 
In dry woods, southern New Jersey and 
Pennsylvania to Florida, Illinois, Kansas and 
Texas. Aug.—Sept. 
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2. Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray. 
Smoothish Elephant’s-foot. 
Fig. 4149. 
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray, Proc. Am, 
Acad. 15: 47. 1880. 
Erect, rather stout, appressed-pubescent, 
or glabrate, 1°-2° high. Leaves oblong or 
oblanceolate, obtuse at the apex, gradually 
narrowed at the base, crenate or repand, 
2’-10’ long, 9-2’ wide, the basal ones usually 
much larger than those of the stem and 
branches, or these usually few and bract- 
like; glomerules 6-9” broad; heads about 
4” long; scales of the pappus ovate-trian- 
gular, abruptly narrowed into the awn. 
In sandy woods, Delaware and Maryland to 
Florida, west to Arkansas and Louisiana. 
3. Elephantopus tomentosus L. 
Woolly Elephant’s-foot. Tobacco- 
weed. Fig. 4150. 
Elephantopus tomentosus L. Sp. Pl. 814. 1753. 
f Erect, villous-pubescent, or sometimes gla- 
“| brate, 1°-2° high, the stem branching above, 
‘Y leafless or with I or 2 leaves. Basal leaves 
} ovate, oval, oblong, or obovate, obtuse, ses- 
sile, narrowed at the base, usually silky- 
pubescent beneath, crenate-dentate, 4’-9’ long, 
2’-4’ wide; glomerules 1’-13’ broad; heads 
about 6” long; scales of the pappus triangu- 
lar-subulate, gradually narrowed into the 
awn. 
In moist soil, Virginia to Florida, west to 
. Kentucky, Arkansas and Louisiana. Called 
also devil’s-grandmother. Aug.—Sept. 
