''Iva'' is a genus of wind-pollinated plants in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae ...

, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. Plants of this genus are known generally as marsh elders. The genus is native to North America. ; Accepted species * ''

Iva angustifolia ''Iva angustifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name narrowleaf marsh elder. It grows in the south-central and southeastern United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Florida ...

'' - southeastern + south-central United States (

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Oklahoma

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) * '' Iva annua'' - United States, primarily south-central region;

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Iva asperifolia ''Iva asperifolia'', the Pensacola marsh elder, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows in the south-central United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana, with naturalized populations in Florida, Miss ...

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Oklahoma

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Iva axillaris ''Iva axillaris'', called povertyweed or death weed, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It grows in the western and central United States and in western Canada, from British Columbia south to California and ...

'' - western United States + Canada * ''

Iva cheiranthifolia ''Iva cheiranthifolia'', the fly marsh elder, is a Caribbean species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It has been found in Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas ...

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Iva ciliata Iva or IVA may refer to: Organizations * Independent Voters Association, a North Dakota U.S. political organization * Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi, a Danish university * Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, (Swedish: ''Kungliga In ...

'' - south-central United States * '' Iva corbinii'' B.L. Turner -

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Iva dealbata ''Euphrosyne dealbata'', commonly known as copperweed or woolly marsh elder, is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found in western North America where it is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis P ...

'' - United States (

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), Mexico (

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, San Luis Potosí) * ''

Iva frutescens ''Iva frutescens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Jesuit's bark,Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

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Iva hayesiana ''Iva hayesiana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names San Diego marsh-elder and San Diego povertyweed. It is native to northwestern Baja California and southern California, in San Diego, Orange, ...

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Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...

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Iva imbricata ''Iva imbricata'' is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names dune marsh-elder and seacoast marsh elder. It is native to Cuba, the Bahamas, and coastal areas of the United States from Texas to ...

'' - coastal areas from

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Tropicos, ''Iva imbricata''
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Iva microcephala ''Iva microcephala'', the piedmont marsh elder, 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. ''Iva microcephala'' is a wind- ...

'' - southeastern United States (

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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia a ...

South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = G ...

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Iva xanthiifolia ''Cyclachaena xanthiifolia'' (syn. ''Iva xanthiifolia''), known as giant sumpweed, or rag sumpweed is a North American plant species in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is the only species in the genus ''Cyclachaena''. Giant sumpweed is be ...

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synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are al ...

''Cyclachaena xanthiifolia'') - widespread in United States + Canada, introduced elsewhere

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GRIN genus ''Iva''
Asteraceae genera Iva (plant) {{Heliantheae-stub