Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Ambrosia monogyra (Torrey & Gray ex Gray) Strother & Baldwin
(Burrobrush, Cheesebush)
Family: Asteraceae
Status: Native
Synonyms:
Hymenoclea monogyra Torrey & Gray ex Gray
Not particularly notable early in the season, Ambrosia monogyra is a shrub which can literally be covered in small white blossoms in the fall. It grows in washes and canyon bottoms.
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Ambrosia monogyra, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Road, Oct. 7, 2007
Ambrosia monogyra, detail of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Road, Oct. 24, 2007
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