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Ambrosia chamissonis
Also called Silver Burr Ragweed, Beach Bursage, Beachbur, Silver Beach Burr, Silver Beachweed, Silver Burrweed, Beach Bur Sage
Ambrosia chamissonis is a species of ragweed known by the common names silver burr ragweed, silver beachweed and (silver) beach bur(r).
It is known from most of the coastline of western North America from Alaska to Baja California, where it is a resident of beaches and other sandy coastal habitats.
Flatspine bur ragweed · Ambrosia leaf bur ragweed · Ambrosia arborescens · Annual ragweed · Lanceleaf ragweed · Rio Grande ragweed · San Diego bur ragweed · Weakleaf bur ragweed · Tucson bur ragweed · Triangle bur ragweed · Burrobush · Woolly fruit bur ragweed
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ambrosia chamissonis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
