Weed
povertyweed, deer-root, poverty sumpweed, lesser marshelder, mouseear povertyweed, poverty weed, smallflowered marshelder
AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
Light brown with yellow flaking
Rough and dull
Scar is basalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
. ApicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
style lobe present.
AchenesAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat. broadly obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest., somewhat three-sided, with two sides flattened and one side rounded. Color is yellow to gray-black with a dull and rough surface texture. ApicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar. rim is rounded or inconspicuous.
State Noxious Weed: California, Colorado, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.
Asteraceae
Iva axillaris Pursh
Iva axillaris Pursh ssp. robustior (Hook.) Bassett
Iva axillaris Pursh var. robustior Hook.
