Asteraceae
Hairy ragweed
Ambrosia canescens
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ambrosia
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Ambrosia canescensAsteraceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- دمسيسة رمادية
- English
- Hairy ragweed
Synonyms
- Ambrosia fruticosa var. canescens Benth.
- Franseria canescens (A.Gray) Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.