Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Iva angustifolia
Iva angustifolia Nutt. ex DC.
Narrowleaf Marshelder, Narrow-leaf Sumpweed, Narrowleaf Marsh Elder
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
USDA Symbol: IVANUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Iva angustifolia
Narrowleaf Sumpweed
Asteraceae
Location: NE of low-water crossing of Salado Creek at road from Main Base of Ft Sam Houston to Pershing Firing Range, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun; alluvial soil, occasionally flooded.
Description: Erect annual, to 1 m tall, well branched above. Leaves opposite below, alternate above, petiolate, linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved to 5+ cm long, serrate. Phyllaries united into a cup.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Oct 5, 1994
Specimen number: 681
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0963
Accession Date: Nov 22, 1994
Accession Number: 76
Annotations: SCXRB (In flower)