Ambrosia hispida Pursh

Coastal ragweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ambrosia

Characteristics

Perennials, 10–50(–80+) cm. Stems prostrate or decumbent. Leaves 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. Pistillate heads clustered, proximal to staminates; florets 1. Staminate heads: peduncles 1–2 mm; involucres obliquely cup-shaped, 2–3+ mm diam., strigillose; florets 5–20+. Burs: 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.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Cathartic (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Flu (unspecified), Metroxenia (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Puerperium (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Apertif (unspecified), Diaphoretic (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Ambrosia hispida leaf picture by Feya Sterling (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ambrosia hispida world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:176092-1
WFO ID wfo-0000137401
COL ID CPPC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 445439
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ambrosia crithmifolia Ambrosia hispida Ambrosia maritima