SimplePlant

Asteraceae

Annual marsh elder

Iva annua L.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Iva

Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants

Photos coming soon

Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free

Common names

By language (33)
Albanian
I. a. var. annua
Aragonese
I. a. var. annua
Asturian
I. a. var. annua
Basque
I. a. var. annua
Bulgarian
I. a. var. annua
Catalan
I. a. var. annua
Cebuano
I. a. var. annua
Dutch
I. a. var. annua
English
Annual marsh elder, I. a. var. annua
Esperanto
I. a. var. annua
ext
I. a. var. annua
Finnish
Ripsi-iiva, I. a. var. annua
French
I. a. var. annua
Galician
I. a. var. annua
German
I. a. var. annua
Hebrew
סמבוק ביצה
ie
I. a. var. annua
Interlingua
I. a. var. annua
io
I. a. var. annua
Irish
I. a. var. annua
Italian
I. a. var. annua
Japanese
セイヨウニワトコ
Latin
I. a. var. annua
Occitan
I. a. var. annua
Polish
I. a. var. annua
Portuguese
I. a. var. annua
Romanian
I. a. var. annua
Russian
I. a. var. annua
Spanish
I. a. var. annua
Ukrainian
I. a. var. annua
Vietnamese
I. a. var. annua
vo
I. a. var. annua
war
I. a. var. annua

Synonyms

  • Ambrosia pitcheri Torr. ex Hook.
  • Iva annua var. annua
  • Iva annua var. caudata (Small) R.C.Jacks.
  • Iva annua var. macrocarpa (S.F.Blake) R.C.Jacks.
  • Iva caudata Small
  • Iva ciliata Willd.
  • Iva ciliata var. ciliata
  • Iva ciliata var. macrocarpa S.F.Blake

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

More in Iva

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.