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Devil's Grandmother

Elephantopus tomentosus L.

Description

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Plants (1–)3–6+ dm. Leaves mostly basal at flowering; blades usually obovate to oblanceolate or spatulate (rarely ± orbiculate), 3–8(–10+) cm × 4–12(–25+) mm (including petioles), abaxial faces ± densely pilose, adaxial sparsely pilose to hirsute. Bracts rounded-cordate, 8–15(–20+) × 7–15(–18+) mm. Inner phyllaries 9–11+ mm, pilosulous, hairs 0.3–0.6(–0.9) mm. Cypselae (3–)4–5 mm; pappi 6–8 mm. 2n = 22.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 19: 203 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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