Ambrosia trifida




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Ambrosia trifida L.
Synonyms Ambrosia aptera de Candolle; Ambrosia integrifolia Muhlenberg ex Willdenow; Ambrosia simplicifolia Walter; Ambrosia striata Rydberg; Ambrosia trifida L. forma integrifolia (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) Fernald; Ambrosia trifida L. var. aptera (de Candolle) Kuntze; Ambrosia trifida L. var. normalis Kuntze; Ambrosia trifida L. var. heterophylla Kuntze; Ambrosia trifida L. var. integrifolia (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) Torrey & A. Gray; Ambrosia trifida L. var. polyploidea J. Rousseau; Ambrosia trifida L. var. texana Scheele; Ambrosia variabilis Rydberg
Common name (Japanese common name) oh-buta-kusa (オオブタクサ, 大豚草 [meaning: large pig weed])
(English common name) buffalo weed, giant ragweed, great ragweed, horse weed
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) [native] Canada, USA, Mexico
Habitat Wet field, riverside
Chromosomal number 2n=24, 48
Description Plants electing 1-3m (native 4-6m) tall. Leaves 20-35cm long, hairy. Flowers male infrorescences 5-20cm long, flowering in July to September. Fruits 7-10mm long. Annual plants.
Reference Ambrosia trifida L.
Ambrosia trifida L.
Ambrosia trifida L.
Ambrosia trifida Linnaeus
Note Naturalized plants (first discovered in 1952).



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Male Flower


August 2007
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August 2007
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Female Flower


August 2007
at riverside
August 2007
at riverside
August 2007
at riverside