Elephant's-foot

Called elephant's foot because of the flat basal leaf formation.



Meadows and wildflower gardens.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Flatwoods, sandhill, ruderal areas, cutthroat seep, wet prairie.

• Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
• Attracts various pollinators, especially bees..  Documented native bees include Azcgochlora pura, Augochlorella aurata, Azegochloropsis metallica, Anthidiellum perplexurn, Megachile albitarsis, M. brevis pseudobrevis and M. xylocopoides (Deyrup et al. 2002).
• Attracts butterflies including skippers, swallowtails, and hairstreaks.