Ambrosia chenopodiifolia |
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San Diego bur ragweed, San Diego bur-sage, San Diego burr ragweed |
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Habit | Shrubs, 30–80+ cm. |
Stems | erect. |
Leaves | mostly alternate; petioles 5–20 mm; blades ovate to rounded-deltate, 20–35(–50) × 18–30(–45) mm, bases broadly cuneate to ± truncate, margins toothed, abaxial faces ± densely tomentulose (between veins), adaxial faces sparsely tomentulose, glabrescent. |
Staminate heads | peduncles 0–3 mm; involucres ± cup-shaped, 3–5 mm diam., tomentulose; florets 12–20+. |
Pistillate heads | clustered, proximal to staminates; florets 2(–3). |
Burs | bodies obconic to fusiform, 4–6 mm, tomentulose (little, if at all, stipitate-glandular), spines 15–20+, scattered or on distal 1/2, ± subulate (the proximal basally flattened), 2–3 mm, tips usually uncinate, sometimes straight. |
2n | = 72. |
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Apr. |
Habitat | Clays or sandy soils, among lava rocks |
Elevation | 50–200 m (200–700 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur)
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 14. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ambrosiinae > Ambrosia |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | Franseria chenopodiifolia |
Name authority | (Bentham) W. W. Payne: J. Arnold Arbor. 45: 419. (1964) |
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