Ambrosia confertiflora

Species category

Weed

Common name

weakleaf bur ragweed

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.

Size

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

Color

Brown

Texture

Deep indentations on basalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
half

Other structures

Hooked thorns on basalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
half involucreInvolucre:
A number of bracts (often leaf-like) that subtend an inflorescence such as the head in sunflowers.
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Identification notes

Seed type is best described as an acheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
enclosed in an involucreInvolucre:
A number of bracts (often leaf-like) that subtend an inflorescence such as the head in sunflowers.
. Smallest of the bursages.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: Hawaii

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Asteraceae

Valid name

Ambrosia confertiflora DC.

Synonyms

Franseria confertiflora (DC.) Rydb.
Franseria strigulosa Rydb.
Gaertneria tenuifolia Harv. & A. Gray

From Left to Right: 1.  Ambrosia tomentosa  2.  Ambrosia gray  3.  Ambrosia confertiflora .
From Left to Right: 1. Ambrosia tomentosa 2. Ambrosia gray 3. Ambrosia confertiflora.