Ambrosia deltoidea

(Torrey) W. W. Payne

J. Arnold Arbor. 45: 421. 1964.

Basionym: Franseria deltoidea Torrey Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 6(2): 15. 1853
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 14. Mentioned on page 11.

Shrubs, 30–80+ cm. Stems erect. Leaves mostly alternate; petioles 5–12+ mm; blades deltate to lance-deltate, 12–25 (–35) × 5–12 (–18) mm, bases cuneate to truncate, margins toothed, abaxial faces ± densely tomentulose (between veins), adaxial faces sparsely tomentulose, glabrescent. Pistillate heads clustered, proximal to staminates; florets 2–3. Staminate heads: peduncles 0.5–3 (–5) mm; involucres ± cupshaped, 4–8 mm diam., tomentulose; florets 12–30+. Burs: bodies ± fusiform to globose, 3–4 mm, usually stipitate-glandular (little, if at all, tomentulose), spines 20–30+, scattered or on distal 1/2, ± subulate (the proximal basally flattened), 1–3 mm, tips usually straight, sometimes uncinate. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat: Sandy washes, benches
Elevation: 200–1000 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Mexico (Baja California), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Some specimens are intermediate for the characteristics that distinguish Ambrosia deltoidea and A. chenopodiifolia. The type of A. deltoidea may be better treated as conspecific with that of A. chenopodiifolia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"stipitate-glandular" is not a number.

... more about "Ambrosia deltoidea"
glabrescent +  and tomentulose +
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
coherent +  and distinct +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +, glomerate +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
(Torrey) W. W. Payne +
cuneate +  and truncate +
Franseria deltoidea +
compound +  and simple +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
deltate;lance-deltate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
less fusiform;globose +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
purplish +  and whitish +
tubular +  and more or less filiform +
villous +, strigillose +, hispidulous +, glabrous +  and warty +
tuberculate +
globose +  and obovoid pyramidal pyriform obconic or fusiform +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Mexico (Baja California) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
200–1000 m +
stipitate-glandular +, glabrate +  and hairy +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandy washes, benches +
staminate +  and pistillate +
in corymbiform , glomerate , paniculiform , racemiform or spiciform , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
membranous +  and scarious +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
cup-shaped +
conspicuous +
petiolate +  and sessile +
incurved;erect +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
connate +  and distinct +
2-carpellate +
stipitate-glandular +, hirtellous +  and villous +
spatulate;linear +
membranous +
persistent +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Flowering Feb–May. +
5 +  and 16 +
unequal +  and subequal +
J. Arnold Arbor. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
convex;flat +
exalbuminous +
on distal 1/2 +  and scattered +
20 (?) +  and 30 (?) +
subulate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Franseria +  and Hymenoclea +
Ambrosia deltoidea +
Ambrosia +
species +
campanulate +  and cylindric +
straight +
uncinate +
toothed +  and entire +
perennial +  and annual +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +
150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +