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Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.
flatspine bur ragweed

       
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Line Drawing of Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.
Gaertneria acanthicarpa

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 342. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.

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Synonyms:
Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.

  FRAC2 Franseria acanthicarpa (Hook.) Coville
  GAAC2 Gaertneria acanthicarpa (Hook.) Britton
 

Distribution:
Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.

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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 (AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, MB, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 25 species in Ambrosia
 

Classification:
Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.

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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 acanthicarpa Hook. – flatspine bur ragweed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.

annual bursage
flatspine burr 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.

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 acanthicarpa Hook.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36497.

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

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

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

 
 
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