Ambrosia artemisiifolia Linnaeus. Common name: Common Ragweed, Hogweed. Phenology: Jul-Nov. Habitat: Roadsides, gardens, disturbed soils, thin soils on rock outcrops. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland), NU, and BC south to FL, TX, CA and southward.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Bah, C, Can, Fl7, G, GrPl, Il, Mex, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Oh3, Ok, Pa, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, McMillan & Prevost (2022); < Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. — FNA21, K4, RAB, SE1; > Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. artemisiifolia — F; > Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourt. — F, Tat; > Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. paniculata (Michx.) Blank. — F; > Ambrosia elatior L. — S; > Ambrosia glandulosa Scheele — S; > Ambrosia monophylla (Walter) Rydb. — S; Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. Basionym: Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. 1753
Links to other floras: < Ambrosia artemisiifolia - FNA21
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, often bushy, tap-rooted annual of roadsides, gardens, disturbed soils and thin soils on rock outcrops.
Stems: Stems simple to branched, sometimes reddish, smooth to rough-hairy.
Leaves: Leaves opposite below and alternate above, oval to elliptic in outline, 1-4 in. long, deeply 2 times divided into narrow, blunt-tipped lobes; gland-dotted and with a pungent odor when crushed, smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Male (staminate) flowers in small, green, nodding, cup-shaped heads arranged in spikes (1-4 in. long) at tips of branches; female (pistillate) flowers tiny, in round, green clusters in upper leaf axils, each cluster with 1-3 flowers surrounded by tiny bracts. All flowers lack petals and sepals.
Fruits:
Comments: Male flowers release large amounts of allergy-provoking pollen.
Height: 1-6 ft.
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description: Erect, often bushy, tap-rooted annual of roadsides, gardens, disturbed soils and thin soils on rock outcrops.
stems: Stems simple to branched, sometimes reddish, smooth to rough-hairy.
leaves: Leaves opposite below and alternate above, oval to elliptic in outline, 1-4 in. long, deeply 2 times divided into narrow, blunt-tipped lobes; gland-dotted and with a pungent odor when crushed, smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Male (staminate) flowers in small, green, nodding, cup-shaped heads arranged in spikes (1-4 in. long) at tips of branches; female (pistillate) flowers tiny, in round, green clusters in upper leaf axils, each cluster with 1-3 flowers surrounded by tiny bracts. All flowers lack petals and sepals.
fruits:
comments: Male flowers release large amounts of allergy-provoking pollen.
cultural notes:
germination code:
native range: North America
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