Ambrosia psilostachya DC.
Detail
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Botanical Name
- Ambrosia psilostachya DC.
- Common Name
- Perennial Ragweed
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- in Taxa Not Treated: Waifs
- Comments
- Native of w. North America; introduced in e. US.
- Habitat
- Around mitigation wetlands, construction sites, and other open disturbed habitats; in some cases, probably a contaminant in temporary seed mixtures. First collected in Virginia in 1984 at Maymont Park (City of Richmond), the species has spread locally at the Fairfax County site. It is also abundant in a "demonstration meadow" at James River Park in Richmond.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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