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Ambrosia chenopodiifolia
Also called San Diego Bursage, San Diego Burr Ragweed
San Diego bur ragweed is a thickly branching shrub of coastal sage scrub in Southern California and Baja California, reaching over 3 m, grown mainly for native and habitat planting rather than as a garden ornamental. It tolerates dry conditions once established, and its spiny fruiting heads are the main thing to plan around.
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia is a species of ragweed known by the common names San Diego bursage and San Diego bur ragweed. It is native to the Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur (Comondu Municipality), as well as to Orange and San Diego Counties it int US State of California. It is a member of the coastal sage scrub plant community.
Flatspine bur ragweed · Ambrosia leaf bur ragweed · Ambrosia arborescens · Annual ragweed · Lanceleaf ragweed · Silver bur ragweed · Rio Grande ragweed · Weakleaf bur ragweed · Tucson bur ragweed · Triangle bur ragweed · Burrobush · Woolly fruit bur ragweed
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ambrosia chenopodiifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
