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dune marsh-elder, seacoast marsh elder, seacoast sumpweed

San Diego marsh-elder, San Diego povertyweed

Habit Perennials or subshrubs, 30–50(–100) cm. Perennials or subshrubs, 10–100 cm.
Stems

± decumbent to erect.

sprawling to erect (usually woody at bases).

Leaves

petioles 0–2 mm;

blades narrowly lance-elliptic to lanceolate or spatulate, 1–3(–6+) cm × 4–10(–20) mm, margins usually entire, rarely toothed, faces glabrous, rarely gland-dotted.

petioles 0–3(–10) mm;

blades lance-elliptic to oblanceolate, 2–5(–10) cm × 5–10(–18) mm, margins usually entire, rarely toothed, faces sparsely strigose to scabrellous, gland-dotted.

Peduncles

2–7+ mm.

2–3+ mm.

Involucres

± campanulate to urceolate, 5–7+ mm.

± hemispheric, 2.5–3.5 mm.

Pistillate florets

2–5;

corollas 0.3–1.5 mm.

5;

corollas 0.5–1 mm.

Phyllaries

outer 6–10 distinct, ± herbaceous.

outer 5 distinct, ± herbaceous.

Heads

in racemiform arrays.

in ± racemiform arrays.

Cypselae

4–5 mm.

2–2.5 mm.

Paleae

linear to spatulate (distally dilated), 5–6 mm.

linear to cuneiform, 1.5–2.5 mm.

Functionally

staminate florets 8–12+;

corollas 4–5 mm.

staminate florets 5–12(–20);

corollas 1.5–2.5 mm.

2n

= 34.

Iva imbricata

Iva hayesiana

Phenology Flowering Jul–Oct. Flowering year round.
Habitat Dunes, beaches, at or near tidelands Alkaline flats, depressions
Elevation 0–10 m (0–0 ft) 50–500 m (200–1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; VA; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba)
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from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 26. FNA vol. 21, p. 26.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ambrosiinae > Iva Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ambrosiinae > Iva
Sibling taxa
I. angustifolia, I. annua, I. axillaris, I. frutescens, I. hayesiana, I. microcephala
I. angustifolia, I. annua, I. axillaris, I. frutescens, I. imbricata, I. microcephala
Name authority Walter: Fl. Carol., 232. (1788) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 11: 78. (1876)
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