Iva axillaris

Pursh

Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 743. 1813.

IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Iva axillaris var. robustior Hooker
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 26.

Perennials, 10–40 (–60) cm (rhizomatous). Stems erect (usually herbaceous). Leaves: petioles 0–3 mm; blades narrowly ovate or obovate to elliptic or spatulate, 15–25 (–45) × 3–8 (–15) mm, margins rarely toothed, faces usually ± strigose to scabrellous, glanddotted. Heads in ± racemiform arrays. Peduncles 1–2 mm. Involucres ± hemispheric, 2–3 mm. Phyllaries: outer 3–5 ± connate, ± herbaceous. Paleae linear, 1.5–2 mm. Pistillate florets 3–5 (–8); corollas 0.5–1.5 mm. Functionally staminate florets 4–8 (–20+); corollas 2–2.5 mm. Cypselae 2.5–3 mm. 2n = 36, 54.


Phenology: Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat: Seasonally wet, saline habitats
Elevation: 10–2500 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., Sask., Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Kans., Minn., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., N.Dak., Okla., Oreg., S.Dak., Tex., Utah., Wash., Wis., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Iva axillaris"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
obovate;elliptic or spatulate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
whitish +  and pinkish +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
scabrellous +
obcompressed +, plumply obovoid +  and pyriform +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Sask. +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Kans. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, N.Dak. +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, S.Dak. +, Tex. +, Utah. +, Wash. +, Wis. +  and Wyo. +
10–2500 m +
scabrellous +
staminate +  and pistillate +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Seasonally wet, saline habitats +
disciform +  and discoid +
in corymbiform , glomerate , paniculiform , racemiform or spiciform , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
scarious +  and membranous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
hemispheric +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
sessile +  and petiolate +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
spatulate;linear or setiform +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
membranous +
persistent +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Oct. +
connate +  and distinct +
3 +  and 15 +
unequal +  and subequal +
Fl. Amer. Sept. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
convex;hemispheric +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
decumbent +  and sprawling +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Iva axillaris var. robustior +
Iva axillaris +
species +
campanulate +  and cylindric +
toothed +  and entire +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +