Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Iva frutescens var. frutescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Iva at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iva frutescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Iva frutescens
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Iva frutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Iva frutescens ssp. frutescens
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-01-001:
Iva frutescens FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Iva frutescens var. frutescens
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Iva frutescens
COMMON NAME:
Southern Maritime Marsh-elder, Southern Bigleaf Marsh-elder
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ivfr_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_ivfr_003_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_ifrutescensfrutesce1b
September Dare County NC
Flower heads pendent, each subtended by a foliaceous bract, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_ifrutescensfrutesce1c
September Dare County NC
Leaves lanceolate to elliptic, serrate, base cuneate, both surfaces pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_ifrutescensfrutescen1
September Dare County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Iva frutescens var. frutescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Iva frutescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Iva frutescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Iva frutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Iva frutescens ssp. frutescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-01-001:
Iva frutescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Iva frutescens var. frutescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Iva frutescens
3098
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Brackish marshes and marsh edges, normally on the back side of barrier islands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous to nearly evergreen
Simple
Opposite (alternate above or in the inflorescence)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Cream, greenish-white
Rays: Absent or less than 3mm
Staminate corollas distinctly 5-lobed
5 stamens in staminate flowers
Inferior ovary
Unisexual
Flower heads solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish-brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p275
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p128
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p091
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p093
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p180
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