| Accepted name: |
Ambrosia trifida L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Ambrosia trifida L. var. integrifolia Torr. & A. Gray
-Ambrosia integrifolia Muhl.
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| English names: |
Horse-cane
Giant Ragweed
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| French names: |
Ambroisie trifide
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HAMBTR
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Crushed leaves rubbed on insect sting and infusion of leaf rubbed on hives. Juice of wilted leaves applied to infected toes. Infusion of leaf taken for fever and for pneumonia(*7)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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