Pseudelephantopus spicatus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Pseudelephantopus
- Species
- Pseudelephantopus spicatus
- Scientific Name
- Pseudelephantopus spicatus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pseudelephantopus spicatus
Pseudelephantopus spicatus, commonly known as dog's-tongue or false elephant's foot. It is native to tropical areas in Mesoamerica, South America, and the West Indies and is naturalized in Florida, mostly on sandy soils. It has also been introduced to Africa, Southeast Asia, and some islands in the Pacific.
Pseudelephantopus spicatus is a perennial herb spreading by underground rhizomes. Flowers are white to pinkish or purplish.
...Pseudelephantopus spicatus in languages:
- Chinese
- 假地膽草
- English
- dog's-tongue
- Japanese
- ホザキイガコウゾリナ
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