Ambrosia dumosa |
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burro-weed, burrobush, bursage, white bur-sage |
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Habit | Shrubs, 10–40(–60+) cm. |
Stems | erect. |
Leaves | mostly alternate; petioles 2–8(–12+) mm; blades (white) ovate to elliptic, 10–25(–45) × 8–15(–30) mm, (1–)2–3-pinnately lobed, abaxial and adaxial faces densely strigillose. |
Staminate heads | peduncles 0–1(–2) mm; involucres shallowly cup-shaped, 3–5 mm diam., ± strigillose; florets 8–15+. |
Pistillate heads | intermixed with staminates (sometimes wanting or staminates sometimes wanting, plants unisexual); florets (1–)2. |
Burs | bodies ± globose, 3–5+ mm, pilosulous and/or gland-dotted, spines 12–25+, scattered, ± subulate (± navicular at bases), 2–4 mm, tips straight. |
2n | = 36, 72, 108, 126. |
Ambrosia dumosa |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–May(–Dec). |
Habitat | Rocky or sandy washes, benches |
Elevation | (-100–)100–1200(–1500) m ((-300–)300–3900(–4900) ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora)
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 13. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ambrosiinae > Ambrosia |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | Franseria dumosa |
Name authority | (A. Gray) W. W. Payne: J. Arnold Arbor. 45: 422. (1964) |
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