Asteraceae
Slimleaf bur ragweed
Ambrosia tenuifolia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ambrosia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- دمسيسة هشة الأوراق
- Chinese
- 細葉豚草, 细叶豚草
- English
- Slimleaf bur ragweed
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Adela Ferreira, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.