Asteraceae

Burrobush

Ambrosia dumosa (A.Gray) W.W.Payne

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ambrosia

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Burrobush: Photo of Ambrosia dumosa (white bur-sage) at the Springs Preserve garden in Las Vegas, Nevada — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)

Arabic: دمسيسة دغلية
arz: دمسيسه دغليه
Catalan: A. dumosa
English: Burrobush, White burrobush, Burro-weed, White bursage
Hebrew: אמברוסיה שיחית
Spanish: Ambrosia, Chamizo, Chicurilla, Estafiate, Hierba del burro, Huizapol

Synonyms

Franseria albicaulis Torr.
Franseria dumosa A.Gray
Franseria dumosa var. dumosa
Gaertneria dumosa (A.Gray) Kuntze

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Consultaplantas, 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.