Iva microcephala Nuttall. Small-headed Marsh-elder. Phen: Sep-Oct. Hab: Wet pine flatwoods, flatwood ponds, clay-based Carolina bays, Florida wet prairies, marshes. Dist: Sc. NC south to s. FL, west to se. AL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Other Comments: A seed-banking annual, locally abundant some years and absent in others, depending on the variable hydrologic conditions of Carolina bays and other seasonally flooded wetlands.
Synonymy: = Fl7, FNA21, GW2, K3, K4, RAB, S, SE1, WH3, Jackson (1960)
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
Heliophily: 9
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