| Iva microcephala | |
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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. microcephala
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| Binomial name | |
| Iva microcephala | |
Iva microcephala, the piedmont marsh elder,[1] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It grows in the southeastern United States in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.[2]
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.[3]
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Iva microcephala". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Iva microcephala Nuttall 1840