Elephantopus mollis Kunth, 1818 35% complete

False tobacco

Nov. Gen. Sp. 4: 20 (ed. fol.) (1818)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Elephantopus mollis, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced10 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded11 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Kunth No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Nov. Gen. Sp. 4: 20 (ed. fol.) (1818) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1818 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name False tobacco No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Aster family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Trop. & Subtrop. America No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 4 cm Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte Sourced
Flower color empty Not on the record
Flower conspicuous true
  • true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Foliage texture coarse
  • coarse · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Growth form Single Crown
  • Single Crown · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth rate Rapid
  • Rapid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 125 cm Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration perennial Sourced
Fruit months empty
  • feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 882
Not on the record
Ecology
Ph maximum pH 7.2
  • pH 7.2 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 5
  • pH 5 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced