Elephantopus nudatus

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
Common Name:Smooth Elephant's Foot
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Smooth Elephant's Foot is a native herbaceous perennial in the Sunflower family. It is most common in the southern half of the state, but can be found nearly state wide. Smooth Elephant's Foot occurs in moist to wet sandy pine woods, around ponds, and on wet roadsides. It is a perennial with a taproot or short rhizome. Leaves form a basal rosette. Leaves are oblanceolate to spatulate in outline, gland dotted, and pubescent on both surfaces. Leaves tend to be longer, narrower, and darker green in color than our other Elephant Foot species. Flowering stems are 1-2 feet in height and mostly leafless or with 1-2 reduced leaves. The flowering stems are pubescent and usually dark purple in color, at least towards the base. Flowers are produced in heads. The heads are arranged in corymbs. Each head is sessile and subtended by three leaf-like bracts. The heads consist of disc flowers with the inner phyllaries sparsely pubescent with hairs 0.05-0.3 mm in length. The phyllaries often have a distinctive reddish-purple margin. The flowers are 5 lobed and purple in color. The fruit is an achene.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Elephantopus
Species Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray - Smooth Elephant's Foot

Citation

Citation Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 15(1): 47. 1880 [1879].
Basionym: **
Type: USA: MARYLAND (mis-cited as Delaware): Talbot Co.: Oxford, s.d., Canby s.n. (holotype: GH).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Etowah, Geneva, Hale, Houston, Lawrence, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Tuscaloosa, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, BRIT, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1952 - 1989

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
BRIT91458 Covington 18 Sep 1971 Kral, Robert
44282		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
UNA00021866 Bibb 16 Sep 1989 Burckhalter, Robert
1711		 UNA
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
BRIT91468 Barbour 11 Sep 1968 Kral, Robert
33257		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
UWAL0031898 Dale 25 Aug 1987 Kral, Robert
74229		 UWAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
UWAL0042457 Bullock 29 Sep 2017 Horne, Howard E.
4277		 UWAL
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
UNA00053967 Lawrence 18 Oct 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
8213		 UNA
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
AMAL00016313 Butler 02 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16847		 AMAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
BRIT91461 Conecuh 11 Sep 1989 Orzell, Steve L.
11743		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
BRIT91459 Conecuh 01 Sep 1970 Kral, Robert
40983		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
USAM000002127 Mobile 13 Oct 1978 LeLong, Michel G.
10567B		 USAM
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
AUA000003105 Bibb 30 Aug 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10429		 AUA
Elephantopus Nudatus Gray
AMAL00009713 Houston 20 Sep 1994 MacDonald, John R.
7809		 AMAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
ALNHS00004563 Bullock 11 Oct 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
WLE-96		 ALNHS
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
UWAL0005864 Conecuh 24 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69678		 UWAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
BRIT91463 Clarke 20 Sep 1969 Kral, Robert
37100		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
UNA00046351 Tuscaloosa 24 Sep 1973 Gabrielson, Frederick C.
s.n.		 UNA
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
AUA000003106 Coffee 13 Aug 1973 Kral, Robert
51234		 AUA
Elephantopus Nudatus Gray
BRIT91462 Coffee 13 Aug 1973 Kral, Robert
51234		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
TROY000001823 Montgomery 03 Oct 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14774		 TROY
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
ALNHS00006602 Etowah 05 Sep 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4856		 ALNHS
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
UNA00053968 Lawrence 18 Oct 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
8213		 UNA
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
AMAL00016941 Butler 12 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20285		 AMAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
BRIT91465 Butler 06 Oct 1994 Simmers, R.W.
s.n.		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
BRIT91467 Barbour 02 Sep 1969 Kral, Robert
36790		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
UWAL0002841 Pike 11 Oct 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21638		 UWAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
UWAL0000587 Washington 05 Oct 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4926		 UWAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
AMAL00021454 Etowah 24 Sep 2014 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14171		 AMAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
UWAL0012706 Bullock 18 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1014		 UWAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
TROY000036042 Bullock 18 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1014		 TROY
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
UWAL0005869 Monroe 23 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69642		 UWAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
BRIT91460 Conecuh 24 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69678		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
TROY000001822 Geneva 13 Oct 1978 Kral, Robert
62966		 TROY
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
UWAL0031187 Etowah 24 Sep 2014 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14171		 UWAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
TROY000032693 Pike 11 Oct 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21638		 TROY
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
TROY000034243 Mobile 25 Sep 2009 England, J. Kevin
2213		 TROY
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
USAM000002120 Baldwin 04 Sep 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11431		 USAM
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
TROY000034523 Conecuh 24 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69678		 TROY
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
UNA00046349 Baldwin 13 Sep 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
JSU109003 Etowah 25 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3948		 JSU
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
BRIT91456 Dale 25 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69738		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
TROY000049647 Autauga 21 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1265		 TROY
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
BRIT91580 Bullock 13 Aug 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13563		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
TROY000001821 Dale 14 Aug 1997 Rundell, Hannelore
285		 TROY
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
AMAL00008275 Bibb 30 Aug 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10429		 AMAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
AMAL00015227 Geneva 13 Oct 1978 Kral, Robert
62966		 AMAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
UNA00046348 Hale 07 Sep 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
JSU109004 Etowah 28 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3291		 JSU
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
BRIT91469 Baldwin 22 Sep 1969 Kral, Robert
37452A		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
ALNHS00003060 Etowah 24 Sep 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1570		 ALNHS
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
UWAL0050131 Autauga 21 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1265		 UWAL
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
BRIT91457 Dale 14 Aug 1987 Kral, Robert
74229		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
TROY000001816 Bullock 13 Aug 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13563		 TROY
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
UNA00060355 Bibb 30 Aug 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10429		 UNA
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
UWAL0000834 Mobile 25 Sep 2009 England, J. Kevin
2213		 UWAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
USAM000002126 Mobile 01 Oct 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4770		 USAM
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
BRIT91466 Butler 28 Sep 1994 Simmers, R.W.
s.n.		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
BRIT91464 Chilton 03 Oct 1979 Kral, Robert
64414		 BRIT
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
UWAL0000586 Butler 12 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20285		 UWAL
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
UWAL0006007 Dale 25 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69738		 UWAL
Elephantopus nudatus (L.) Gray
UNA00046350 Mobile 26 Aug 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D717		 UNA
Elephantopus nudatus Gray
TROY000014886 Bibb 30 Aug 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10429		 TROY
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
USAM000002119 Baldwin 25 Sep 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9539		 USAM
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
TROY000033336 Barbour 17 Sep 2011 Morrison, Derek
84		 TROY
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
TROY000001820 Butler 02 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16847		 TROY
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
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