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Iva axillaris Pursh
povertyweed

       
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Photo of Iva axillaris Pursh
Joe F. Duft. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Iva axillaris Pursh

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Synonyms:
Iva axillaris Pursh

  IVAXR Iva axillaris Pursh ssp. robustior (Hook.) Bassett
  IVAXR2 Iva axillaris Pursh var. robustior Hook.
 

Distribution:
Iva axillaris Pursh

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Iva axillaris Pursh

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 10 species in Iva
 

Classification:
Iva axillaris Pursh

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Iva L. – marsh elder
Species Iva axillaris Pursh – povertyweed
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Iva axillaris Pursh

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

California:
povertyweed              C list (noxious weeds)
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Iva axillaris Pursh

Iva poverty weed
lesser marshelder
mouseear pvertyweed
poverty sumpweed
poverty weed
smallflowered marshelder

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Iva axillaris Pursh

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FACW NO NO NO FACU FAC FAC FAC FACW FAC FAC NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Iva axillaris Pursh

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36033.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Iva axillaris Pursh

Arizona: abstract & image of povertyweed (Iva axillaris)

USGS - Native Wildflowers of the North Dakota Grasslands: abstract & image

 
 
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