Asteraceae
Skeleton-leaf burr-ragweed
Ambrosia tomentosa
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ambrosia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- دمسيسة لبدية
- English
- Skeleton-leaf burr-ragweed, Skeletonleaf bur ragweed, Burragweed, Skeletonleaf burr ragweed, Skeletonleaf bursage
Synonyms
- Franseria discolor Nutt.
- Franseria exigua Wawra
- Franseria tomentosa (Nutt.) A.Nelson
- Gaertneria discolor (Nutt.) Kuntze
- Gaertneria tomentosa (Nutt.) Heller
- Gaertneria tomentosa (Nutt.) A.Nelson
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Craig Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Craig Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Craig Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Austin Saunders, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, 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.