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Ambrosia hispida
Coastal Ragweed
Florida native
This decumbent plant of beaches and coastal dunes has spikes of downward-facing inconspicuous flowers. Occurring in Brevard, Lee, Collier and Miami-Dade Counties as well as the keys, coastal ragweed is also found in the Bahamas and Central America.
Ambrosia hispida is a member of the Asteraceae - Aster family.
Other species of the Ambrosia genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Ambrosia artemisiifolia - COMMON RAGWEED
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Aug 07, 2016
