Asteraceae
Peruvian ragweed
Ambrosia peruviana
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ambrosia
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Ambrosia peruvianaAsteraceae
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- دمسيسة بيروفية
- Chinese
- 秘魯豚草, 秘鲁豚草
- English
- Peruvian ragweed
- Haitian Creole
- Absent anglè
- Spanish
- Altamisa, Hierba santa, Matricaria
Synonyms
- Ambrosia orobanchifera Meyen
- Ambrosia peruviana var. cumanensis (Kunth) O.E.Schulz
- Ambrosia peruviana var. peruviana
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
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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.