Iva imbricata Walter
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Perennial by woody roots, glabrous or nearly so throughout, fleshy; stem 3-6 dm. high, simple, or sparingly branched. Leaves all but the lowest alternate, sessile, oblong-spatulate, or lanceolate, obtusish, mucronulate, entire, or rarely serrate, obscurely 3-nerved, the larger 3-5 cm. long, 6-10 mm. wide; heads short peduncled or nearly sessile, the upper ones longer than their subtending leaves; involucre broadly campanulate, about 5 mm. broad, its bracts 6-9, somewhat imbricated in 2 series; fertile flowers 2-4, their corollas tubular, the staminate ones much more numerous.
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Distribution
Sea-strands, Great Bahama, Great Harbor Cay, Andros, New Providence and Inagua : Virginia to Florida and Louisiana ; Cays of northern Cuba. Beach Iva.
Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Virginia United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| Louisiana United States of America North America|