Wild Flowering Plants
Asteraceae family Pseudelephantopus spicatus (B. Jussieu ex Aublet) C. F. Baker, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12(5): 55. 1902. Bas.: Elephantopus spicatus B. Jussieu ex Aublet (1775). Tèt nèg Indigenous herb of wet semi-open and shady spots. Very common, often forming a carpet. St. Martin, Antigua, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, La Désirade, Marie Galante, Les Saintes, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, Greater Antilles, Mesoamerica, South America Spreads by stolons (underground stems). Flowers crowded on inflorescence. Bristles of fruit irregularly twisted. See the very rare Pseudelephantopus spiralis |