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]

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

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

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  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Iva asperifolia​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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