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§1 Plant
Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.
vernacular flatspine bur ragweed — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Ambrosia
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 190 counties across 19 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 190 counties across 19 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 8 N ▾
California view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Butte 06007
- Fresno 06019
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lassen 06035
- Los Angeles 06037
- Madera 06039
- Merced 06047
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Orange 06059
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Tulare 06107
- Ventura 06111
Colorado view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Baca 08009
- Cheyenne 08017
- Costilla 08023
- Crowley 08025
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Gunnison 08051
- Kit Carson 08063
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Morgan 08087
- Prowers 08099
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Idaho view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Chaves 35005
- Cibola 35006
- Colfax 35007
- Dona Ana 35013
- Grant 35017
- Harding 35021
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- McKinley 35031
- Otero 35035
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Valencia 35061
North Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 8 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 10 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AMAC2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3110626 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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