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Marsh elder

Iva

Also called Marshelder, Sumpweed, Marsh Elders

Marsh elder
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Water
Likes moisture

About

Iva is a genus of wind-pollinated plants in the family Asteraceae, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. Plants of this genus are known generally as marsh elders. The genus is native to North America.

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Other Iva plants

Narrowleaf marsh elder · Annual marsh elder · Pensacola marsh elder · Povertyweed · Fly marsh elder · Corbin's Sumpweed · Jesuit's bark · San Diego povertyweed · Seacoast marsh elder · Piedmont marsh elder

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Iva (plant) by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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