Latin name: Iva axillaris Pursh
Pronunciation: EYE-va ax-il-AIR-is
Common name: Poverty weed
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Alkaline plains or edges of saline marshes to 6500', coastal salt marsh, widespread as a weed from desert to coast
Blooming period: May to September
Name derivations: 1) Iva 2) axillaris
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