Asteraceae

Ambrosia arborescens Mill.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ambrosia

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Ambrosia arborescens (Ambrosia arborescens) — FlowerPhoto: Frank Dietze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

Arabic: دمسيسة شجيرية

Synonyms

Ambrosia artemisioides Willd.
Ambrosia frutescens Lam.
Ambrosia fruticosa Medik.
Ambrosia fruticosa var. fruticosa
Franseria artemisioides Willd.
Franseria conwayi Rusby
Franseria recurva Rusby
Gaertneria artemisiodes Kuntze
Gaertneria meyeniana (Sch.Bip.) Kuntze
Xanthium artemisioides (Willd.) Delpino
Xanthium fruticosum L.f.

Flowers

In flower: January, April (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Frank Dietze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: juan cesar ajacopa laime, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mirko Schoenitz, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Charlie O'Brien, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jim Morefield, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Maria Luisa Bravo Alarcon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: crothfels, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Floro Ortiz Contreras, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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). About our plant data.