Iva imbricata |
Iva hayesiana |
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dune marsh-elder, seacoast marsh elder, seacoast sumpweed |
San Diego marsh-elder, San Diego povertyweed |
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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. |
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Iva imbricata |
Iva hayesiana |
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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 |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; VA; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba)
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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 | ||
Name authority | Walter: Fl. Carol., 232. (1788) | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 11: 78. (1876) |
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