Native Plant Database

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Flower:
Fruit:

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Yellow , Green
Bloom Time: Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct , Nov

Distribution

USA: AL , AR , CO , FL , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MA , ME , MI , MO , MS , NC , ND , NE , NM , OH , OK , PA , SC , SD , TN , TX , VA , WI , WV
USDA Native Status: L48(N)

Benefit

Use Food: Cultivated for its seed by indigenous peoples of eastern North America before the arrival of maize.
Attracts: Birds

From the National Organizations Directory

According to the species list provided by Affiliate Organizations, this plant is either on display or available from the following:

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Austin, TX
Brackenridge Field Laboratory - Austin, TX

Herbarium Specimen(s)

NPSOT 1112 Collected Oct 6, 1994 in Bexar County by Harry Cliffe

Bibliography

Bibref 1222 - Rivers of Change: Essays on Early Agriculture in Eastern North America (1992) Smith, Bruce D.

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Additional resources

USDA: Find Iva annua in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Iva annua in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Iva annua