Iva microcephala

Iva microcephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Iva
Species: I. microcephala
Binomial name
Iva microcephala
Nutt. 1840

Iva microcephala, the piedmont marsh elder,[1] is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It grows in the southeastern United States in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.[2]

Iva microcephala is a wind-pollinated annual herb sometimes as much as 100 cm (40 inches) in height. Leaves are very narrow, sometimes thread-like, up to 6 cm (2.4 inches) long. Flower heads are small, clustered in elongated arrays at the tips of branches, each head containing only about 5-8 flowers.[3]

References

  1. "Iva microcephala". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. Flora of North America, Iva microcephala Nuttall 1840


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