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Ambrosia psilostachya DC.
Cuman ragweed

       
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Ambrosia psilostachya DC.

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Synonyms:
Ambrosia psilostachya DC.

  AMCA10 Ambrosia californica Rydb.
  AMCO5 Ambrosia coronopifolia Torr. & A. Gray
  AMCU2 Ambrosia cumanensis auct. non Kunth
  AMPSC Ambrosia psilostachya DC. var. californica (Rydb.) S.F. Blake
  AMPSC2 Ambrosia psilostachya DC. var. coronopifolia (Torr. & A. Gray) Farw.
  AMPSL Ambrosia psilostachya DC. var. lindheimeriana (Scheele) Blank.
  AMRU2 Ambrosia rugelii Rydb.
 

Distribution:
Ambrosia psilostachya DC.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Ambrosia psilostachya DC.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 25 species in Ambrosia
 

Classification:
Ambrosia psilostachya DC.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Ambrosia L. – ragweed
Species Ambrosia psilostachya DC. – Cuman ragweed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Ambrosia psilostachya DC.

Cuman ragweed
perennial ragweed
western ragweed

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Ambrosia psilostachya DC.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU-,FAC FACU- FAC FAC- FAC FAC FAC- FAC FACU* FACU+ FAC NO NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Ambrosia psilostachya DC.

Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Ambrosia psilostachya DC.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36516.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

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Ambrosia psilostachya DC.

IL-Weeds of the North Central States

 
 
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