Ambrosia chenopodiifolia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Ambrosia |
Species: | A. chenopodiifolia
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Binomial name | |
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia | |
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.
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]
This species is host to the following insect induced gall: Aceria franseriae bead leaf gall Mite.
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Ambrosia |
Species: | A. chenopodiifolia
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Binomial name | |
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia | |
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.
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]
This species is host to the following insect induced gall: Aceria franseriae bead leaf gall Mite.