Ambrosia artemisiifolia




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
Synonyms Ambrosia absynthifolia Michaux; Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. forma villosa Fernald & Griscom; Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. subsp. diversifolia Piper; Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtilz; Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. jamaicensis Grisebach; Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. octocornis Kuntze; Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. quadricornis Kuntze; Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. paniculata Blankinship; Ambrosia diversifolia (Piper) Rydberg; Ambrosia elata Salisbury; Ambrosia elatior L.; Ambrosia elatior L. var. artemisiifolia (L.) Farwell; Ambrosia elatior L. var. heterophylla (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) Farwell; Ambrosia glandulosa Scheele; Ambrosia heterophylla Muhlenberg ex Willdenow; Ambrosia longistylus Nuttall; Ambrosia media Rydberg; Ambrosia monophylla (Walter) Rydberg; Ambrosia paniculata Michaux; Ambrosia simplicifolia Raeuschel; Iva monophylla Walter
Common name (Japanese common name) buta-kusa (ブタクサ, 豚草 [meaning: pig weed])
(English common name) annual ragweed, bitterweed, common ragweed, ragweed, Roman-wormwood
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] Canada, USA
Habitat Roadside, field, riverside
Chromosomal number n=18, 2n=34, 36
Description Plants electing 30-120cm tall. Leaves 6-12cm long. Flowers head ca. 2-3mm across, flowering in July to October. Fruits 3-5mm long. Annual plants.
Reference Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia Linnaeus
Method of obtaining lead and organolead from contaminated media using metal accumulating plants (US Patent US Patent 5320663/1994)
1,2-dithiins having antifungal activity (US Patent 5580897/1996)
Stabilization of hypoallergenic, hyperdigestible previously reduced proteins (US Patent 6677433/2004)
Fusion molecules and treatment of IgE-mediated allergic diseases (US Patent 7265208/2007)
T cell epitopes of the major allergens from Ambrosia artemisiifolia (WIPO Patent WO/1996/013589)
Note Naturalized plants (introduced in mid 19th).



August 2007
at roadside
August 2007
at roadside
August 2007
at roadside



Male Flower


August 2007
at roadside
August 2007
at roadside
August 2007
at roadside