Kingdom Plantae Family Asteraceae Rank Species | Order Asterales Genus Iva | |
Similar Iva imbricata, Iva, Iva hayesiana, Iva frutescens, Marshelder | ||
Iva microcephala, the piedmont marsh elder, is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family. It grows in the southeastern United States in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
Iva microcephala is a wind-pollinated annual herb sometimes as much as 100 cm (40 inches) in height. Leaves are very narrow, sometimes thread-like, up to 6 cm (2.4 inches) long. Flower heads are small, clustered in elongated arrays at the tips of branches, each head containing only about 5-8 flowers.
References
Iva microcephala Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA