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§1 Plant
Iva axillaris Pursh
vernacular povertyweed — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Iva
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 267 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 267 counties across 16 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
California view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Contra Costa 06013
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Stanislaus 06099
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Alamosa 08003
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Conejos 08021
- Crowley 08025
- Delta 08029
- Denver 08031
- El Paso 08041
- Gunnison 08051
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Otero 08089
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- San Juan 08111
- Weld 08123
Idaho view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Blaine 16013
- Butte 16023
- Camas 16025
- Canyon 16027
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gooding 16047
- Kootenai 16055
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Owyhee 16073
- Power 16077
- Twin Falls 16083
- Washington 16087
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Golden Valley 30037
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Prairie 30079
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 11 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Hettinger 38041
- McHenry 38049
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mountrail 38061
- Rolette 38079
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Oregon view state ↗ 19 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 10 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/IVAX ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5402631 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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