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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Ambrosia ambrosioides''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asterales]]
| familia = [[Asteraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Ragweed|Ambrosia]]''
| species = '''''A. ambrosioides'''''
| binomial = ''Ambrosia ambrosioides''
| binomial_authority = ([[Cav.]]) [[Payne]]
}}
'''''Ambrosia ambrosioides''''', also known as '''canyon ragweed''' or '''chicura''' is a [[ragweed]] found in the deserts of northern [[Mexico]] and ranging into the southern half of [[Arizona]].
Growing as a [[shrub]] from 1-2 meters high, its elongate, coarsely-toothed leaves range from 4-18 cm long and 1.5-4 cm wide. It is [[monoecious]], with both terminal and axillary [[raceme]]s consisting of [[staminate]] heads occurring above their [[pistillate]] counterparts. Flowering occurs mainly in February through April. The fruits are 10-15 mm burs covered with hooked spines.
Somewhat similar in appearance to ''[[Ambrosia ilicifolia]]'', ''A. ilicifolia'' has sessile leaves with a reticulate pattern of veins, and the marginal teeth developed into short spines.
This ragweed can be found in sandy washes and other disturbed areas such as roadsides, and is sometimes seen growing in rock crevices.
Although widespread in the Mexican and Arizonan parts of the [[Sonoran Desert]], it seems not to occur in [[California]]; [[Philip A. Munz|Munz]] reported it near [[San Diego, California]], but no specimens have been vouchered. Its northern limit is governed by winter frosts.
The [[Seri]] people smoked its dried leaves, and used the roots to make medicinal teas and pigments.
== References ==
*{{cite book |last=Felger |first=Richard |coauthors=Mary B. Moser. |title=People of the desert and sea: ethnobotany of the Seri Indians |location=Tucson |year=1985 |publisher=University of Arizona Press}}
* Raymond M. Turner, Janice E. Bowers, and Tony L. Burgess, ''Sonoran desert plants: an ecological atlas'' (Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1995) pp. 75-76
[[Category:Asteraceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Mexico]]
[[Category:Flora of Arizona]]
{{Asteraceae-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Ambrosia ambrosioides''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asterales]]
| familia = [[Asteraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Ragweed|Ambrosia]]''
| species = '''''A. ambrosioides'''''
| binomial = ''Ambrosia ambrosioides''
| binomial_authority = ([[Cav.]]) [[Payne]]
}}
'''''Ambrosia ambrosioides''''', also known as '''canyon ragweed''' or '''chicura''' is a [[ragweed]] found in the deserts of northern [[Mexico]] and ranging into the southern half of [[Arizona]].
Growing as a [[shrub]] from 1-2 meters high, its elongate, coarsely-toothed leaves range from 4-18 cm long and 1.5-4 cm wide. It is [[monoecious]], with both terminal and axillary [[raceme]]s consisting of [[staminate]] heads occurring above their [[pistillate]] counterparts. Flowering occurs mainly in February through April. The fruits are 10-15 mm burs covered with hooked spines.
Somewhat similar in appearance to ''[[Ambrosia ilicifolia]]'', ''A. ilicifolia'' has sessile leaves with a reticulate pattern of veins, and the marginal teeth developed into short spines.
This ragweed can be found in sandy washes and other disturbed areas such as roadsides, and is sometimes seen growing in rock crevices.
Although widespread in the Mexican and Arizonan parts of the [[Sonoran Desert]], it seems not to occur in [[California]]; [[Philip A. Munz|Munz]] reported it near [[San Diego, California]], but no specimens have been vouchered. Its northern limit is governed by winter frosts.
The [[Seri]] people smoked its dried leaves, and used the roots to make medicinal teas and pigments.
== References ==
*{{cite book |last=Felger |first=Richard |coauthors=Mary B. Moser. |title=People of the desert and sea: ethnobotany of the Seri Indians |location=Tucson |year=1985 |publisher=University of Arizona Press}}
* Raymond M. Turner, Janice E. Bowers, and Tony L. Burgess, ''Sonoran desert plants: an ecological atlas'' (Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1995) pp. 75-76
[[Category:Asteraceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Mexico]]
[[Category:Flora of Arizona]]
{{Asteraceae-stub}}