Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Elephantopus mollis
hierba de pincel, hoja de San Antonio, verbena, elephant's foot, elephantopus, false tobacco
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Elephantopus
Species
mollis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Elephantopus tomentosus
Taxon origin: Introduced - established
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Year of first record: 2006
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276