Ambrosia cordifolia |
Ambrosia hispida |
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heartleaf bursage, Tucson bur ragweed, Tucson burr ragweed |
coastal ragweed |
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Habit | Shrubs, 30–50+ cm. | Perennials, 10–50(–80+) cm. |
Stems | erect. |
prostrate or decumbent. |
Leaves | mostly alternate; petioles 3–35 mm; blades deltate to rounded-deltate, 10–35(–80) × 10–30(–70) mm, bases cordate to truncate, margins coarsely toothed, abaxial faces densely puberulent (including veins), adaxial faces strigillose to scabrellous and gland-dotted. |
mostly opposite; petioles 5–25 mm; blades rounded-deltate to ovate or elliptic, 20–35+ × 10–30+ mm, 2–3-pinnately lobed, bases cuneate, ultimate margins entire or toothed, abaxial and adaxial faces strigillose. |
Staminate heads | peduncles 0–1 mm; involucres cup-shaped, 2–3(–5) mm diam., strigillose; florets 8–30+. |
peduncles 1–2 mm; involucres obliquely cup-shaped, 2–3+ mm diam., strigillose; florets 5–20+. |
Pistillate heads | clustered, proximal to staminates; florets (1–)2. |
clustered, proximal to staminates; florets 1. |
Burs | bodies ± globose to fusiform, 3–4+ mm, tomentulose and stipitate-glandular, spines 8–20+, scattered, ± subulate (basally navicular), 1–2 mm, tips straight or uncinate. |
bodies ± pyriform, 1–2 mm, ± strigillose, spines or tubercles 0–5+, near middles or distal, stoutly conic, 0.1–0.5+ mm, tips straight. |
2n | = 104. |
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Ambrosia cordifolia |
Ambrosia hispida |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Apr. | Flowering Apr. |
Habitat | Sandy washes, benches | Sandy beaches or strand |
Elevation | 700–1200 m (2300–3900 ft) | 0–10 m (0–0 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora)
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FL; Central America; West Indies (Bahamas) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 14. | FNA vol. 21, p. 16. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ambrosiinae > Ambrosia | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ambrosiinae > Ambrosia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Franseria cordifolia | |
Name authority | (A. Gray) W. W. Payne: J. Arnold Arbor. 45: 421. (1964) | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept., 2: 743. (1813) |
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