Elephantopus carolinianus Raeusch.

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PLANTS OF LOUISIANA

Elephantopus carolinianus Raeusch.
ASTERACEAE

Herbs to 5ft tall, occasional, flowers pale purple. At the edge
of a swamp forest in damp silty clay-loam (Convent soils;

coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic
Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts). Growing with Acer negundo,
Ambrosia trifida, Ampelopsis arborea, Andropogon
glomeratus, Campsis radicans, Celtis laevigata, Cornus
foemina, Desmodium perplexum, Equisetum hyemale,
Eupatorium coelestinum, Fraxinus pensylvanica, Platanus
occidentalis, Quercus laurifolia, Q. nigra, Rubus trivialis
Sapium sebiferum, Smilax rotundifolia (?), Solanum
carolinianum, Solidago allissima, Spilanthes americana (?)
Taxodium distichum, & Toxicodendron radicans. Along the
E side of a road below an artificial levee, & at the intersection
with a gas line right-of-way, to the E side of the Atchafalaya
River, about 0.25mi N of the Rt. 190 bridge. Pointe Coupee
Parish. Elev. about 25ft. 30° 33' 04.2"N, 91° 44' 52.8"W-
UTM 15R 620084E, 3380530N (NAD83/WGS84).

Coll. Doug Goldman #4036
23 September 2008

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