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Species profile—Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Asteraceae)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Asteraceae (sunflower) → Ambrosia artemisiifolia (annual ragweed)

Photos

  • Photo of Ambrosia artemisiifolia (annual ragweed) - Queensland Herbarium, DES,1961

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Asteraceae (sunflower)
Species
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (annual ragweed)
Alternate name
ambrosia
hay-feverweed
asthma plant
horseweed
hogweed
hogbrake
hay-fever weed
common ragweed
bitterweed
Taxonomy Author
L.
Endemicity
Introduced
Other resources
Atlas of Living Australia

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 October 2014
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