Iva asperifolia

Iva asperifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Iva
Species: I. asperifolia
Binomial name
Iva asperifolia
Less. 1830

Iva asperifolia, the Pensacola marsh elder,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family. 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]

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

  1. "Iva asperifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. Tropicos, Iva asperifolia Less.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Lessing, Christian Friedrich 1830. In: Linnaea 5(1): 151 in Latin


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