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Narrowleaf marsh elder

Iva angustifolia

Narrowleaf marsh elder
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Water
Likes moisture

About

Iva angustifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name narrowleaf marsh elder. It grows in the south-central and southeastern United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Florida).

Iva angustifolia is a wind-pollinated annual herb sometimes as much as 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It has long, narrow leaves up to 45 mm (1.8 inches) tall. It produces numerous small flower heads in elongated arrays at the tips of branches, each head with 2-7 flowers.

Other Iva plants

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 · Marsh elder

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

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