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Plant Profile  

Common Name: Lanceleaf Ragweed

Other Names: Southern Ragweed

Species Name: Ambrosia bidentata

Plant Type: Forb

Family Name: Asteraceae, Sunflower Family

 

 

Examples of Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata

Flowers small, green clusters in columns of branch tips
Flowers small, green clusters in columns of branch tips
Flowers small, green clusters in columns of branch tips
Leaves directly attached to branches and covered in hair
Leaves directly attached to branches and covered in hair
Leaves directly attached to branches and covered in hair
Leaves 3-pointed; middle point much longer than other two
Leaves 3-pointed; middle point much longer than other two
Leaves 3-pointed; middle point much longer than other two
Wide, open branches
Wide, open branches
Wide, open branches

 

 

Plant Facts  
Origin Native
Duration Annual
Distribution in the U.S. Midwest; from Ohio and Kentucky to Nebraska, Texas and Louisiana
Distribution in Oklahoma Eastern one-third of the state

 

 

ID Characteristics

 

 

Habitat/Ecology  
Soil Type Various moist soils
Habitat Borrow ditches and overgrazed prairie; highly disturbed areas
Successional Stage Early

 

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