| Ambrosia chenopodiifolia | |
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Scientific classification
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| 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 | |
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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]
Galls
This species is host to the following insect induced gall: Aceria franseriae bead leaf gall Mite external link to gallformers external link to inaturalist images
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
- ^ a b c Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 14 Ambrosia chenopodiifolia (Bentham) W. W. Payne, J. Arnold Arbor. 45: 419. 1964
External links
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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
- Ambrosia chenopodiifolia UC Calphotos Photo gallery: Ambrosia chenopodiifolia
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- Ambrosia (plant)
- Flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of Baja California Sur
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of San Diego County, California
- Plants described in 1844
- Taxa named by George Bentham
- Critically endangered flora of California
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