Definition of Iva xanthifolia

1. Noun. Tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis; produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever.

Exact synonyms: Burweed Marsh Elder, False Ragweed
Generic synonyms: Iva, Marsh Elder

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iva Xanthifolia

Italy
Itanagar
Itelmen
Ithaca
Ithacan
Ithacans
Ithaka
Ithaki
Ithunn
Ito's nevus
Ito-Reenstierna test
Ito cells
Itokawa
Itylus
Itzcoatl
Iva xanthifolia (current term)
Ivalo
Ivan
Ivan III
Ivan III Vasilievich
Ivan IV
Ivan Iv Vasilievich
Ivan Ivanovitch
Ivan Lendl
Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan the Great
Ivan the Terrible

Literary usage of Iva xanthifolia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"Iva xanthifolia Nutt. Marsh Elder. Highwater Shrub. The largest of our annual weeds. Found along roadsides and waste places generally. ..."

2. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"... scabrous above; heads 4-5 mm. broad, hemispheric; bracts ovate. Iva xanthifolia Nutt. Waste places and along streams: Sask.— Mich.—Neb.—NM—Wash.—Alta. ..."

3. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"Iva xanthifolia Nutt. Gen. 2: 185. 1818. Tall and coarse, 7-18 dm. high, pubescent, at least when young: leaves mainly opposite, broadly ovate, ample, ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Iva xanthifolia Nutt. Marsh-elder Herbaceous annual Docks, railroad embankments, rubbish dumps, vacant lots and fill. • Ixeris stolonifera A.Gray Creeping ..."

5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1894)
"8th, came a cluster of about seventy-five eggs, from Mr. Gillette, at Fort Collins, Colorado, laid by a female confined on leaf of Iva xanthifolia, ..."

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