Ambrosia psilostachya

de Candolle

in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 526. 1836.

Common names: Herbe à poux vivace
Synonyms: Ambrosia psilostachya var. californica (Rydberg) S. F. Blake Ambrosia psilostachya var. coronopifolia (Torrey & A. Gray) Farwell Ambrosia psilostachya var. lindheimeriana (Scheele) Blankinship Ambrosia rugelii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 18. Mentioned on page 12, 15.

Perennials, 10–60(–100+) cm. Stems erect. Leaves proximally opposite, distally alternate; petioles 0–25 mm (often ± winged); blades deltate to lanceolate, 20–60(–140) × 8–35(–50+) mm, pinnately toothed to 1-pinnately lobed, bases cuneate to truncate, ultimate margins entire or toothed, abaxial and adaxial faces hirsutulous to strigose and gland-dotted. Pistillate heads clustered, proximal to staminates; florets 1. Staminate heads: peduncles 0.5–2 mm; involucres obliquely cup-shaped, 2–4(–5) mm diam., hirsutulous; florets 5–15(–30+). Burs: bodies ± obpyramidal to globose, 2–3 mm, hirsutulous, spines or tubercles 0 or 1–6, mostly distal, stoutly conic to acerose, (0.1–)0.5–1 mm, tips straight. 2n = 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 100–104, 108, 144.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct(–Dec).
Habitat: Disturbed sites, often wet, alkaline, clay soils
Elevation: 0–2200 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Ala., Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., La., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo., Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila).

Discussion

Hybrids between Ambrosia psilostachya and A. artemisiifolia have been called A. ×intergradiens W. H. Wagner. Some botanists consider the type of A. cumanensis Kunth (1818) to be conspecific with that of A. psilostachya.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Ala. +, Ariz. +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, La. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.H. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +, Mexico (Baja California +, Chihuahua +  and Coahuila). +
0–2200 m +
Disturbed sites, often wet, alkaline, clay soils +
Flowering Jul–Oct(–Dec). +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
Ambrosia psilostachya var. californica +, Ambrosia psilostachya var. coronopifolia +, Ambrosia psilostachya var. lindheimeriana +  and Ambrosia rugelii +
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