Ambrosia monogyra

Ambrosia monogyra
winged fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Heliantheae
Genus: Ambrosia
Species: A. monogyra
Binomial name
Ambrosia monogyra
(Torr. & A. Gray) Strother & B.G. Baldwin
Synonyms[1]

Hymenoclea monogyra Torr. & A.Gray ex A.Gray

Ambrosia monogyra (singlewhorl burrobrush)[2]is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the southwestern United States (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) and northern Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora).[3][4]

Ambrosia monogyra is a shrub up to 400 cm (160 inches) tall. Leaves are very thin and thread-like, sometimes divided into thread-like lobes. The staminate flowers have translucent white corollas and the pistillate flowers are rounded, fruit-bearing structures. The fruit is an achene with a single whorl of several papery wings. The plant generally grows in washes and ravines in desert areas.[3][5]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List Ambrosia monogyra (Torr. & A.Gray) Strother & B.G.Baldwin
  2. ↑ "Hymenoclea monogyra". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 12 Ambrosia monogyra (Torrey & A. Gray) Strother & B. G. Baldwin, Madroño. 49: 143. 2002
  4. ↑ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Ambrosia monogyra Torr. & Gray singlewhorl burrobrush
  5. ↑ http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Ambrosia%20monogyra.png

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