Asteraceae

Ambrosia-leaf bursage

Ambrosia ambrosioides (Delpino) W.W.Payne

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ambrosia

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Ambrosia-leaf bursage: Ambrosia ambrosioides , Pima Wash Trail, South Mountain, Phoenix, Arizona — Photo: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Ambrosia-leaf bursage, Big bur-sage, Big bursage, Canyon ragweed
Spanish: Chicura

Synonyms

Ambrosia ambrosioides subsp. ambrosioides
Ambrosia longifolia Sessé & Moc.
Franseria ambrosioides Cav.
Gaertneria ambrosiodes Kuntze
Xanthidium ambrosioides Delpino

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.