Ambrosia chenopodiifolia
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Heliantheae |
Genus: | Ambrosia |
Species: | A. chenopodiifolia |
Binomial name | |
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia (Benth.) Payne | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Ambrosia chenopodiifolia is a species of ragweed known by the common names San Diego bursage and San Diego bur ragweed.[2] It is native to the Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur (Comondu Municipality),[3] as well as to Orange[4] and San Diego Counties it int US State of California.[5] It is a member of the coastal sage scrub plant community.
Description
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia is a thickly branching shrub exceeding 3 meters in maximum height. The leaves are ovals up to 3 centimeters long and coated in white hairs. They are sometimes lobed.[5]
Like other ragweeds it is monoecious, with each inflorescence bearing heads of pistillate (female) flowers below a cluster of staminate (male) flowers. The inflorescence is spiny, especially when in fruit. The fruit is a spherical, woolly bur about half a centimeter long covered in hooked spines.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ The Plant List Ambrosia chenopodiifolia (Benth.) W.W.Payne
- ↑ Ambrosia chenopodiifolia. NatureServe. 2012.
- ↑ Payne, Willard William 1964. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 45(4): 419
- ↑ Calflora taxon report, University of California @ Berkeley, Ambrosia chenopodiifolia (Benth.) Payne San Diego bur sage, San Diego bursage
- 1 2 3 Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 14 Ambrosia chenopodiifolia (Bentham) W. W. Payne, J. Arnold Arbor. 45: 419. 1964
External links
- Media related to Ambrosia chenopodiifolia at Wikimedia Commons
- Calflora Database: Ambrosia chenopodiifolia (San diego bur sage, San diego bursage)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Ambrosia chenopodiifolia
- USDA Plants Profile for Ambrosia chenopodiifolia
- Ambrosia chenopodiifolia UC Calphotos Photo gallery: Ambrosia chenopodiifolia