Ambrosia salsola var. pentalepis Calflora

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Taxon Report

Ambrosia salsola (Torr. & A. Gray) Strother & B. G. Baldwin var. pentalepis (Rydb.) Strother & B. G. Baldwin

Five scaled burrobrush

2005 Steve Matson

2004 James M. Andre

Ambrosia salsola var. pentalepis is a shrub that is native to California.

also called Hymenoclea salsola var. pentalepis


	Plant Range Observation Search ~45 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Parent:	Ambrosia salsola
Genus:	Ambrosia
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Hymenoclea salsola var. pentalepis
PLANTS	Hymenoclea salsola var. pentalepis

Information about Ambrosia salsola var. pentalepis from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (HYSAP) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).