Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., 1753

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Ragweed
• 🇫🇷 Ambroisie à feuilles d’armoise, Ambroise élevée, Ambroisie annuelle

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superasterids
• Clade: Asterids
• Clade: Campanulids
• Order: Asterales
• Family: Asteraceae
• Subfamily: Asteroideae
• Tribe: Heliantheae
• Subtribe: Ambrosiinae
• Genus: Ambrosia
• Species: Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Presence

Introduced invasive.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• A. artemisiifolia var. artemisiifolia L., 1753, J;
• A. artemisiifolia var. paniculata (Michx.) Blank., 1907.

Hybridizes with A. trifida L., 1753 to produce A. × helenae Rouleau, 1944, M.

Photographs

Sources

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 518). Biotope.