Tall elephantsfoot
The small disk florets may be lavender, pink or even whitish. Flowerheads are subtended by three leaf-like bracts that are hairy and deltoid in shape. You’d probably expect an elephant-sized flower from a plant called Tall elephantsfoot (Elephantopus elatus), but it’s not the flower that gives this plant its name. It’s the large rosette of flat basal leaves that, with a bit of imagination, bear a tiny resemblance to the shape of an elephant’s footprint.
Tall elephantsfoot
The small disk florets may be lavender, pink or even whitish. Flowerheads are subtended by three leaf-like bracts that are hairy and deltoid in shape. You’d probably expect an elephant-sized flower from a plant called Tall elephantsfoot (Elephantopus elatus), but it’s not the flower that gives this plant its name. It’s the large rosette of flat basal leaves that, with a bit of imagination, bear a tiny resemblance to the shape of an elephant’s footprint.