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Iva frutescens
Also called Maritime marsh-elder, Marsh Elder, Big Leaved Marsh Elder
Jesuit's bark (Iva frutescens) is a coastal shrub or subshrub native to salt marshes along the eastern and Gulf coasts of North America, growing up to about 3.5 m tall. It is best grown in full sun with moist soil, as it thrives in wet, salty coastal conditions.
Iva frutescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Jesuit's bark, bigleaf marsh-elder, and high-tide bush. It grows in coastal eastern North America from Nova Scotia down the eastern coast and along the Gulf Coast to Texas.
Iva frutescens is a subshrub or shrub with erect stems up to 3.5 meters (almost 12 feet) tall. The leaves are lance-shaped or somewhat oval and have toothed edges. They are variable in size, measuring from 3 to 12 centimeters (1.2-5.0 inches) or more in length. The adaxial (upper) side of the leaf is often covered is small warts, helping to distinguish it from sympatric shrubs. The inflorescence is an elongated array of many small flower heads with whitish florets.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Iva frutescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
