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Photographer: Paul Drobot
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Family Asteraceae
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
annual bur-sage, common ragweed, short ragweed
Ambrosia: Greek for "food of the gods"
artemisiifolia: having leaves that resemble those of Artemisia
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 12"-40" tall forb with upper branches; taprooted |
| Flower: | inflorescence of many, small, green, bead-like heads on 6" spikes; blooms Aug.-Sept. |
| Fruit: | seeds not on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | divided more than once, feathery or fern-like, lower leaves opposite, upper leaves alternate |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites |
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