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Sumpweed

Iva annua

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 319, February 305, March 346, April 657, May 403, June 195, July 176, August 204, September 895, October 1,209, November 327, December 290.
United States6,521
Texas6,392
Missouri441
Louisiana370
Oklahoma340
Kansas249
Arkansas235
Kentucky232
Illinois201
Mississippi162

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusMarsh elders · Iva

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Practise Sumpweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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