Common Ragweed Genus Species

There are 41 common ragweed genus species world wide, here we provide a list of them. The ragweed plant is most commonly found in North America although it is present all across the northern hemisphere. It is responsible for the infamous ragweed allergy as the pollen that the ragweed plant produces is in fact the most allergic pollen known to man.

Below is a full list of the ragweed plant species in alphabetical order:

• Ambrosia acanthicarpa
  Ambrosia acanthicarpa is a species of ragweed known by the common names flatspine burr ragweed, annual burrweed, and annual bur-sage.
• Ambrosia ambrosioides
  Ambrosia ambrosioides, also known as canyon ragweed or chicura is a ragweed found in the deserts of northern Mexico and ranging into the southern half of Arizona.
  Common names - Ambrosia Burr Ragweed, Canyon Ragweed, chicura
• Ambrosia artemisiifolia
  Common Ragweed is the most widespread plant of the genus Ambrosia in North America. It is also known as
  Common Names - Annual Ragweed, Bitterweed, Blackweed, Carrot Weed, Hay Fever Weed, Roman Wormwood, Stammerwort, Stickweed, Tassel Weed, Wild Tansy, and American Wormwood.
• Ambrosia aspera
• Ambrosia bidentata – Camphor Weed, Lanceleaf Ragweed
• Ambrosia camphorata
• Ambrosia canescens – Hairy Ragweed
• Ambrosia carduacea – Baja California Ragweed
• Ambrosia chamissonis
  Ambrosia chamissonis is a species of ragweed known by the common names -Silver Burr Ragweed, Silver Beachweed and Beach Bur.
• Ambrosia cheirnathifolia – Rio Grande Ragweed
• Ambrosia chenopodiifolia
  Ambrosia chenopodiifolia is a species of ragweed known by the common name San Diego Burrsage or San Diego Burr Ragweed. It is native to Baja California, and California as far north as San Diego County, where it is a member of the coastal sage scrub plant community. This is a thickly branching shrub.
• Ambrosia confertiflora
  Ambrosia confertiflora is a species of ragweed known by the common name weakleaf bur ragweed. It is native to much of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States as far east as Kansas and Oklahoma. It is a perennial herb reaching heights between 30 centimeters and nearly two meters.
• Ambrosia cordifolia – Tucson Burr Ragweed
• Ambrosia deltoidea – Triangle Burr Ragweed, Triangleleaf Bursage, Rabbitbush
• Ambrosia dumosa
  Ambrosia dumosa, the burro-weed or white bursage, is a common constituent of the creosote-bush scrub community throughout the Mojave desert of California, Nevada, and Utah and the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and northwestern Mexico.
• Ambrosia eriocentra
  Ambrosia eriocentra is a species of ragweed known by the common names woolly bursage and woollyfruit burr ragweed.It is native to the southwestern United States where it grows in the deserts and surrounding ridges up to about 1700 meters in elevation. This is a rounded shrub reaching over 1.5 metres
• Ambrosia grayi – Woollyleaf Burr Ragweed
• Ambrosia helenae
• Ambrosia hispida – Coastal Ragweed
• Ambrosia ilicifolia
  Ambrosia ilicifolia is a species of ragweed known by the common names Hollyleaf Burr Ragweed and Hollyleaf Bursage.It is native to the deserts and mountains of western Arizona and adjacent southeastern California and Baja California, where it grows in dry washes, scrub, and other local habitat.
• Ambrosia intergradiens
• Ambrosia johnstoniorum
• Ambrosia linearis – Streaked Burr Ragweed
• Ambrosia maritima
• Ambrosia palustris
• Ambrosia pannosa
• Ambrosia parvifolia
• Ambrosia peruviana – Peruvian Ragweed
• Ambrosia psilostachya
  
  Ambrosia psilostachya is a species of ragweed known by the common names Cuman ragweed, perennial ragweed, and western ragweed.
• Ambrosia pumila
  Ambrosia pumila is a species of ragweed known by the common names dwarf burr ragweed and San Diego ambrosia. Native to far southern California and Baja California where it grows in disturbed habitat along the coastal strip. This is a hairy perennial herb not exceeding half a meter in height.
• Ambrosia sandersonii
• Ambrosia scabra
• Ambrosia tarapacana
• Ambrosia tenuifolia – Slimleaf Burr Ragweed
• Ambrosia tomentosa – Skeletonleaf Burr Ragweed
• Ambrosia trifida – Great Ragweed, Giant Ragweed, Buffalo Weed
• Ambrosia trifida texana – Texan Great Ragweed
• Ambrosia trifolia – Greater Ragweed
• Ambrosia velutina

We hope that this list of the common ragweed genus species has been useful to you, please check out our other pages in relation to the ragweed allergy.