Iva asperifolia
Iva asperifolia, the Pensacola marsh elder,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows in the south-central United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana, with naturalized populations in Florida, Missouri, and Indiana). It has also been found in the state of Veracruz in eastern Mexico.[2][3]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Iva |
Species: | I. asperifolia |
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Iva asperifolia is a wind-pollinated herb up to 30 cm (1 foot) tall. It has lance-linear leaves, and many small nodding (hanging) flower heads in elongated arrays, each head with a few small flowers.[4]
References
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Iva asperifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- Tropicos, Iva asperifolia Less.
- Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- Lessing, Christian Friedrich 1830. In: Linnaea 5(1): 151 in Latin
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