Asteraceae
Cuman ragweed
Ambrosia psilostachya
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ambrosia
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- دمسيسة عارية السنابل
- arz
- دمسيسه عارية السنابل
- Chinese
- 裸穗豬草, 裸穗豚草
- Czech
- Ambrozie lysoklasá
- Dutch
- Zandambrosia
- English
- Cuman ragweed, Perennial ragweed
- Estonian
- Kare ambroosia
- Finnish
- Krassituoksukki
- French
- Ambrosie vivace
- German
- Stauden-Ambrosie
- Latvian
- Kailvārpu ambrozija
- Polish
- Ambrozja zachodnia
- Slovenian
- Trajna ambrozija
- Swedish
- Sträv ambrosia
- Welsh
- Bratlys lluosflwydd
Synonyms
- Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. trinitensis Griseb.
- Ambrosia californica Rydb.
- Ambrosia californica subsp. californica
- Ambrosia coronopifolia Torr. & A.Gray
- Ambrosia hispida Torr.
- Ambrosia lindheimeriana Scheele
- Ambrosia peruviana DC.
- Ambrosia psilostachya var. californica S.F.Blake
- Ambrosia psilostachya var. coronopifolia (Torr. & A.Gray) Farw. ex Fernald
- Ambrosia psilostachya var. lindheimeriana Blank.
- Ambrosia psilostachya var. psilostachya
- Ambrosia rugelii Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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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.