Found on my property in Fort White, Florida. I have been wanting to know the name of this plant for over 10 years. I finally found a pi...Read Morecture of it in "The Guide to Florida Wildflowers" by Walter Kingsley Taylor. It grows in the shady areas amongst sweet gum, sassafras, and various types of oak (live oak, laurel oak, turkey oak). If is very prolific. Still wondering if the leaves, roots, or flowers are edible.
Elephantopus elatus is also found in the drier, sandy soil types of pine savannas and dry prairies, as well as scrubby flatwoods and some...Read More dry live oak hammocks, and is very common in central Florida. It is found in areas with evergreen as well as deciduous trees.
The pubescent basal leaves may remind one of the shape and size of an elephant's foot. The flowering scape has tiny heads of lavendar pi...Read Morenk, tubular flowers that are surrounded by 3 leafy bracts.
It is commonly found in the drier deciduous forests of north and central Florida.
Found on my property in Fort White, Florida. I have been wanting to know the name of this plant for over 10 years. I finally found a pi...Read More
Elephantopus elatus is also found in the drier, sandy soil types of pine savannas and dry prairies, as well as scrubby flatwoods and some...Read More
The pubescent basal leaves may remind one of the shape and size of an elephant's foot. The flowering scape has tiny heads of lavendar pi...Read More