Asteraceae
Devil's grandmother
Elephantopus tomentosus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Elephantopus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 白花地胆草, 牛舌草, 苦地胆, 苦地胆根
- English
- Devil's grandmother
Synonyms
- Elephantopus bodinieri Gagnep.
- Elephantopus carolinianus var. simplex Nutt.
- Elephantopus nudicaulis Elliott
- Elephantopus nudicaulis var. major Hook.
- Elephantopus tomentosus f. rotundatus Fernald
- Elephantopus tomentosus f. tomentosus
- Elephantopus tomentosus var. nudicaulis (Poir.) C.F.Baker
- Elephantopus tomentosus var. tomentosus
- Elephantopus virgatus Desv.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.