Iva frutescens

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 989. 1753.

IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Iva frutescens subsp. oraria (Bartlett) R. C. Jackson Iva frutescens var. oraria (Bartlett) Fernald & Griscom
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 26.

Subshrubs or shrubs, 50–350 cm. Stems erect. Leaves: petioles 5–10+ mm; blades ovate or elliptic to lanceolate, 30–60 (–120+) × 5–30 (–40) mm, margins usually toothed, faces closely scabrellous, glanddotted. Heads in ± racemiform arrays. Peduncles 1–3+ mm. Involucres ± hemispheric, 2–4 mm. Phyllaries: outer 5 distinct, ± herbaceous. Paleae linear to subulate, 2.5–3 mm. Pistillate florets (2–) 5; corollas 0.7–1 mm. Functionally staminate florets 3–8 (–15+); corollas 2–3 mm. Cypselae 2–3 mm. 2n = 34.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Mostly tidelands, brackish to saline marshes, beaches
Elevation: 0–10 m

Distribution

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N.S., Ala., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Miss., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Iva frutescens"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
Linnaeus +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
elliptic;lanceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
whitish +  and pinkish +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
scabrellous +
obcompressed +, plumply obovoid +  and pyriform +
fertile +  and bisexual +
N.S. +, Ala. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Miss. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
0–10 m +
scabrellous +
staminate +  and pistillate +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Mostly tidelands, brackish to saline marshes, beaches +
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 /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
sessile +  and petiolate +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
linear;subulate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
membranous +
persistent +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering Jul–Oct. +
connate +  and distinct +
3 +  and 15 +
unequal +  and subequal +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
convex;hemispheric +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
decumbent +  and sprawling +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Iva frutescens subsp. oraria +  and Iva frutescens var. oraria +
Iva frutescens +
species +
campanulate +  and cylindric +
toothed +  and entire +
perennial +  and annual +
150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +