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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Iva frutescens var. oraria
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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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
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-01-001?:
Iva frutescens FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Iva frutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Iva oraria
COMMON NAME:
Northern Maritime Marsh-elder
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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
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Iva frutescens var. oraria
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
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-01-001?:
Iva frutescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Iva frutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Iva oraria
4953
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Brackish marshes and marsh edges, normally on the back side of barrier islands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare in NC
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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:
Blackish-brown
Achene
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