Asteraceae
Soft elephantsfoot
Elephantopus mollis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Elephantopus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 地膽草, 毛地胆草, 毛蓮菜
- English
- Soft elephantsfoot
- Japanese
- シロバナイガコウゾリナ
Synonyms
- Asterocephalus cochinchinensis Spreng.
- Elephantopus carolinianus var. mollis (Kunth) Beurl.
- Elephantopus cernuus Vell.Conc.
- Elephantopus cernuus Vell.
- Elephantopus hypomalacus S.F.Blake
- Elephantopus martii Graham
- Elephantopus martii Graham ex Sch.Bip.
- Elephantopus martii auct.non Graham & Niederl.
- Elephantopus mollis var. bracteosus Domin
- Elephantopus mollis var. capitulatus Domin
- Elephantopus mollis var. mollis
- Elephantopus pilosus Philipson
- Elephantopus pilosus Philip.
- Elephantopus scaber auct.non L.
- Elephantopus scaber var. martii (Sch.Bip.) Hassk.
- Elephantopus scaber var. tomentosus (L.) Sch.Bip.
- Elephantopus scaber var. tomentosus (L.) Sch.Bip. ex Baker
- Elephantopus sericeus Graham
- Elephantopus serratus Blanco
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Fernando Junior, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Fernando Junior, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: NRS Digital, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Moises Sousa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gladys Nazario, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.