Weed
soft elephantsfoot
AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
Brown
Ribs are covered with small appressedAppressed:
Pressed close or lying flat against something.
hairs.
Pappus' hair is long and few; many longitudinal ribs.
PappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma. 
hairs are few but longer than the acheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.. Ribs are close together and covered with short appressedAppressed:
Pressed close or lying flat against something.
hairs.
State Noxious Weed: Hawaii
Not included
Asteraceae
Elephantopus mollis Kunth
Elephantopus hypomalacus S.F. Blake
Elephantopus martii Graham
Elephantopus pilosus Philipson
