Iva hayesiana - Hayes iva

Hayes iva (Iva hayesiana) is an aromatic groundcover shrub of California’s alkaline flats and sinks, evergreen in warm-winter areas and deciduous where it gets colder. It grows 1-1.2 m tall and 2-3 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹

Type

• Shrub

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Ground cover¹
• Drought-tolerance¹
• Soil stabilization¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-1.2
Diameter (m)	2-3

Footnotes

1. Iva hayesiana, Hayes iva | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩