Elephantopus tomentosus

Classification	Dicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family (Traditional)	Asteraceae
Genus	Elephantopus
Species:	Elephantopus tomentosus L.
Common Name	Devils Grandmother
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: CCNMP; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Pink; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Inflorescence Types: head; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	4
Status	Native; TN[SNR] KY[S3] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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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.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Crittenden (KY), Harlan (KY), Laurel (KY), McCreary (KY), Whitley (KY), Anderson (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Henderson (TN), Hickman (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lewis (TN), Loudon (TN), McNairy (TN), Madison (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1898 - 2016

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100236361	Harlan	Kentucky	18 Sep 2005	Amy V. Mcintosh 1442	EKY Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211461	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211450	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211477	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211472	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211580	McCreary	Kentucky			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211445	Hardin	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211447	Hickman	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211448	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211480	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211442	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211446	Henderson	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211439	Decatur	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211474	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
APSC0026698	Hickman	Tennessee			APSC Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211459	McNairy	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211462	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211425	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211435	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211453	Lewis	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211592	Harlan	Kentucky			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211482	Stewart	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211470	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211451	Lewis	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211485	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211478	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
APSC0115474	Whitley	Kentucky			APSC Elephantopus tomentosus
APSC0101744	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Elephantopus tomentosus
APSC0055703	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU032003	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
31234100236379	McCreary	Kentucky	21 Aug 1972	Elizabeth M. Browne Edward T. Browne Jr.	EKY Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211458	McNairy	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211431	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211432	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211487	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211465	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211457	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211479	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211463	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211436	Cocke	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211437	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211441	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211467	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
APSC0026696	Morgan	Tennessee			APSC Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU003049	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
31234100236395	Laurel	Kentucky	08 Aug 1993	Randy L. Mears 93-28	EKY Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211440	Decatur	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211424	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211593	McCreary	Kentucky			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211464	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211476	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211427	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211466	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211429	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211484	Union	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211483	Stewart	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211486	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
APSC0026694	Stewart	Tennessee	03 Aug 2001	Edward Chester	APSC Elephantopus tomentosus
APSC0101743	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU003047	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211489	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211443	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211428	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211455	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211452	Loudon	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211481	Shelby	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211471	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211591	Bell	Kentucky			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
APSC0059364	Stewart	Tennessee	15 Jul 2016	Edward Chester	APSC Elephantopus tomentosus
APSC0042602	Hamilton	Tennessee			APSC Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU024524	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU003048	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU008963	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU003043	Hickman	Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025156	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211454	Madison	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211469	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211456	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211460	McNairy	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211468	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
APSC0085012	Lewis	Tennessee			APSC Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU003044		Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
MTSU024442	Cumberland	Tennessee			MTSU Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025149	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025162	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025157	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91593		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91600		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91613		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91615		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
31234100236403	Laurel	Kentucky	15 Aug 1985	Ralph L. Thompson 85-603	EKY Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211426	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211430	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211434	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211488	White	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211475	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211433	Bradley	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211438	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211444	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211571		Kentucky			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
APSC0072708	White	Tennessee			APSC Elephantopus tomentosus
UOS00817	Franklin	Tennessee	23 Sep 1996	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91597		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT67133		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
ETSU030293	Cocke	Tennessee			ETSU Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU008961	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91598		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91595		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91608		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91594		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91610		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
ETSU011975	Sevier	Tennessee			ETSU Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU036351	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU008962	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025150	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025147	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025151	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025148	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025142	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025154		Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025155	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91612		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91611		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91604		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91602		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91596		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
N/A	Knox	Tennessee		Albert Ruth 660	UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT041247	Bradley	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91609		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91599		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU036536	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT041245	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
N/A	Cocke	Tennessee		Thos. H. Kearney 738	UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT041246	Bradley	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT041248	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
MO-3130596	Knox	Tennessee		Albert Ruth	UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT041249	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025159	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025153	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025152	Morgan	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UOS00816	Franklin	Tennessee	27 Oct 2006	Erin Tyrell	UOS Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91606		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91605		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91601		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
MEM004429	Crittenden	Kentucky	12 Sep 1968	Raymond Athey 452	MEM Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU033763	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU003046	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
HTTU008964	Jackson	Tennessee			HTTU Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0244940	Campbell	Tennessee	04 Aug 2011	Aaron Floden 1683	TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91614		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
N/A	Franklin	Tennessee	10 Sep 1898	H. Eggert	UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211449	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
TENN-V-0211473	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Elephantopus tomentosus
APSC0042385	Marion	Tennessee			APSC Elephantopus tomentosus
MTSU021558	Davidson	Tennessee	01 Aug 2001	Angela Cathey 310	MTSU Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025145	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT039076	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
UCHT025146	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Elephantopus tomentosus
BRIT91607		Tennessee			VDB Elephantopus tomentosus
ETSU030292	Cocke	Tennessee			ETSU Elephantopus tomentosus

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