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|accepted_name=Pseudelephantopus
|accepted_authority=Rohr
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk.
|place=2: 214. 1792
|year=1792
}}
|common_names=False elephant’s foot
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Vernonieae;Pseudelephantopus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Vernonieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pseudelephantopus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek pseudo- , false or resembling, and generic name Elephantopus
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 64, 201
|treatment_page=page 204
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Perennials </b>(sometimes suffrutescent), 2–6 (–10+) dm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="whole-organism atypical some measurement;whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism architecture;whole-organism duration">usually ± rhizomatous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>mostly cauline at flowering;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf architecture;leaf architecture;petiole architecture">sessile or petiolate, petioles ± winged (often clasping at bases);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;base shape;margin shape;apex shape;abaxial face pubescence">blades mostly obovate to oblanceolate, spatulate, or linear, bases cuneate, margins usually toothed (rarely entire), apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces usually resin-gland-dotted.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="head architecture or shape;head architecture;head architecture;head quantity;head arrangement;array architecture;array architecture;array diameter;bract quantity;bract shape"><b>Heads </b>± discoid, sessile, not individually bracteate, in clusters of 1–5+ in spiciform or paniculo-spiciform arrays 5–10 mm diam., each cluster subtended by 1–2 lanceolate to spatulate or linear bracts.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>± cylindric to fusiform, 2–3+ mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="phyllary quantity;pair quantity;pair arrangement;outer phyllary shape;inner phyllary shape;inner phyllary pubescence or texture;margin architecture or shape;tip architecture or shape;tip architecture or shape"><b>Phyllaries </b>8 in 4 decussate pairs, the outer ovate, inner lanceolate, all ± chartaceous, margins entire, tips ± spinose or cuspidate (abaxial faces of inner 4 usually resin-gland-dotted distally).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="floret atypical quantity;floret atypical quantity;floret quantity"><b>Florets </b>(2–) 4 (–5+);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="corolla coloration;tube length or size;lobe quantity;lobe arrangement or course or shape;lobe size">corollas white or pink to purple, tubes longer than abruptly funnelform throats, lobes 5, lance-linear, unequal (abaxial sinus deepest).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="cypsela shape;cypsela shape;cypsela architecture;cypsela architecture;cypsela pubescence"><b>Cypselae </b>± clavate, sometimes ± flattened, 8–10-nerved or ribbed, closely strigillose to hirsutulous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="scale quantity;scale shape;scale atypical quantity;scale quantity;scale shape;arista shape;arista architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation">pappi persistent, of 6–10 ± laciniate to aristate scales, 2 (–3+) of aristate scales each with awnlike arista plicate (2-folded) distally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="pappus duration;x chromosome quantity">x = 14?.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Neotropics;in Paleotropics
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 2–3 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Pseudelephantopus
|author=John L. Strother
|authority=Rohr
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=Fla.;Neotropics;in Paleotropics
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Skr. Naturhist.-Selsk.
|publication year=1792
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Vernonieae
|genus=Pseudelephantopus
|abaxial face pubescence=resin-gland-dotted
|apex shape=obtuse;acute
|arista architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation=plicate
|arista shape=awnlike
|array architecture=paniculo-spiciform;spiciform
|array diameter=5mm;10mm
|base shape=cuneate
|blade shape=mostly obovate;oblanceolate spatulate or linear
|bract quantity=1;2
|bract shape=lanceolate;spatulate or linear
|corolla coloration=pink;purple
|cypsela architecture=ribbed;8-10-nerved
|cypsela pubescence=closely strigillose;hirsutulous
|cypsela shape=flattened;clavate
|floret atypical quantity=4;5
|floret quantity=4
|head architecture=bracteate;sessile
|head architecture or shape=discoid
|head arrangement=cluster
|head quantity=1;5
|inner phyllary pubescence or texture=chartaceous
|inner phyllary shape=lanceolate
|involucre diameter=2mm;3mm
|involucre shape=less cylindric;fusiform
|leaf architecture=petiolate;sessile
|leaf position=cauline
|lobe arrangement or course or shape=lance-linear
|lobe quantity=5
|lobe size=unequal
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin shape=toothed
|outer phyllary shape=ovate
|pair arrangement=decussate
|pair quantity=4
|pappus duration=persistent
|petiole architecture=winged
|phyllary quantity=8
|scale atypical quantity=2;3
|scale quantity=2;6;10
|scale shape=aristate;less laciniate;aristate
|tip architecture or shape=cuspidate;spinose
|tube length or size=longer
|whole-organism architecture=rhizomatous
|whole-organism atypical some measurement=6dm;10dm
|whole-organism duration=perennial
|whole-organism some measurement=2dm;6dm
|x chromosome quantity=14
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