Biology:Iva asperifolia
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Iva asperifolia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Iva |
| Species: | I. asperifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Iva asperifolia Less.
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Iva asperifolia, the Pensacola marsh elder,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows in the south-central United States (Kansas , Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas , and Louisiana, with naturalized populations in Florida, Missouri, and Indiana ). It has also been found in the state of Veracruz in eastern Mexico.[2][3]
Iva asperifolia is a wind-pollinated herb up to 30 cm (1 foot) tall. It has lance-linear leaves, and many small nodding (hanging) flower heads in elongated arrays, each head with a few small flowers.[4]
References
- ↑ "Iva asperifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=IVAS. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ Tropicos, Iva asperifolia Less.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Lessing, Christian Friedrich 1830. In: Linnaea 5(1): 151 in Latin
Wikidata ☰ Q15595442 entry
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