Ambrosia dumosa

Species category

Flower, Weed

Common name

burrobush

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

BurrBurr:
Has spikelets or flowers that are compressed closely together by lacking a central axis. The spikelet glumes are hard and pointed, e.g. buffalograss.

Shape

Spiny and ovateOvate:
Egg-shaped with basal end the broadest.

Size

  • Length: 3–3.4 mm
  • Width: 2 mm
  • Thickness: 2 mm

Color

Brown

Texture

Many long spines. Surface below spines is glandularGlandular:
The surface appearing to be covered with minute glands or spheres.
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Other structures

Spine apexes are flat.

Identification notes

BurrBurr:
Has spikelets or flowers that are compressed closely together by lacking a central axis. The spikelet glumes are hard and pointed, e.g. buffalograss.
measurements exclude the three spines.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: Hawaii

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Asteraceae

Valid name

Ambrosia dumosa (A. Gray) Payne

Synonyms

Franseria dumosa A. Gray

 Ambrosia dumosa.  Burr with flat spine apexes.
Ambrosia dumosa. Burr with flat spine apexes.