| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Known from the southeastern Piedmont and the western and outer Coastal Plain, with a large gap in between -- real or collecting artifact? First collected in 1956 in Anson and Franklin counties.
Native of the U.S. west of the Appalachians. East of there, scattered from ME to FL. | |
| Abundance | Uncommon to locally numerous in the Piedmont; rare in the Coastal Plain. Can occur in large stands (as in Wake County near the Neuse River). | |
| Habitat | Dry to moist roadsides, powerlines, woodland trailside, fields, cropfields, near creeks, freshwater marsh. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting September-November. | |
| Identification | This species of Iva grows 2-4 feet (or more) tall. The leaves are opposite, ovate, and sharply toothed. Like others in the genus, its heads grow in dense, linear spike-like inflorescences, strongly vertically aligned. It differs in the combination of opposite, toothed leaves that are not dissected. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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| USACE-agcp | FAC link |
| USACE-emp | FAC link |
