Jump to content

Iva microcephala

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Iva microcephala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Iva
Species:
I. microcephala
Binomial name
Iva microcephala

Iva microcephala, the piedmont marsh elder,[1] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. 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

[edit]
  1. ^ NRCS. "Iva microcephala". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ^ Flora of North America, Iva microcephala Nuttall 1840