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§1 Plant
Elephantopus nudatus A. Gray
vernacular smooth elephantsfoot — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Elephantopus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 190 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 190 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Calhoun 12013
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Leon 12073
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Union 12125
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Martin 37117
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Scotland 37165
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
South Carolina view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Chesterfield 45025
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lee 45061
- Marlboro 45069
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Williamsburg 45089
Virginia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Brunswick 51025
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Gloucester 51073
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Lancaster 51103
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Orange 51137
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELNU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5395907 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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