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Ambrosia tomentosa Nutt.
skeletonleaf bur ragweed

       
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Photo of Ambrosia tomentosa Nutt.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, AZ, Mormon Lake. Usage Requirements.
 
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Ambrosia tomentosa Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Ambrosia tomentosa Nutt.

  FRDI3 Franseria discolor Nutt.
  FRTO3 Franseria tomentosa (Nutt.) A. Nelson, non A. Gray
  GADI3 Gaertneria discolor (Nutt.) Kuntze
  GATO3 Gaertneria tomentosa (Nutt.) A. Heller
 

Distribution:
Ambrosia tomentosa Nutt.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AZ, CO, IA, ID, IL, KS, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, SD, TX, UT, WI, WY)
 

Related Taxa:
Ambrosia tomentosa Nutt.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 25 species in Ambrosia
 

Classification:
Ambrosia tomentosa Nutt.

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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 tomentosa Nutt. – skeletonleaf bur ragweed
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Ambrosia tomentosa Nutt.

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Idaho:
skeletonleaf bursage              Noxious weed
Oregon:
skeletonleaf bursage              "A" designated weed
skeletonleaf bursage              Quarantine
Wyoming:
Franseria discolor
skeletonleaf bursage              Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Ambrosia tomentosa Nutt.

skeletonleaf bursage
Franseria discolor
skeletonleaf bursage

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above 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.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Ambrosia tomentosa Nutt.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36520.

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

 

Related Web Sites:
Ambrosia tomentosa Nutt.

Idaho One Plan: noxious abstract & images

Invader Database environmental statistics

 
 
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