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Ambrosia ilicifolia is a small, matted shrub under 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height. Its stiff, straight branches are green, glandular, and leafy when young, and light gray and leafless when older. The holly-like leaves are leathery but brittle, oval-shaped to rounded, and edged with spine-tipped teeth. They are green, veiny and sticky with resin.
The genus name is from the Greek ambrosia, meaning "food or drink of ... There are about 50 species in genus Ambrosia. Species ... Ambrosia ilicifolia ...
hollyleaf burr ragweed (Ambrosia ilicifolia) hollyleaf bursage (Ambrosia eriocentra) Hopi tea greenthread (Thelesperma megapotamicum) Irish lace (Tagetes filifolia) Jersey cudweed (Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum) Kellogg's tarweed (Hemizonia kelloggii) lavender cotton (Santolina chamaecyparissus) laxflower (Baileya pauciradiata) leafy marshtail ...
Somewhat similar in appearance to Ambrosia ilicifolia, A. ilicifolia has sessile leaves with a reticulate pattern of veins, and the marginal teeth developed into short spines. [2] This ragweed can be found in sandy washes and other disturbed areas such as roadsides, and is sometimes seen growing in rock crevices. [2]
Ambrosia is very closely related to the gods' other form of sustenance, nectar.The two terms may not have originally been distinguished; [6] though in Homer's poems nectar is usually the drink and ambrosia the food of the gods; it was with ambrosia that Hera "cleansed all defilement from her lovely flesh", [7] and with ambrosia Athena prepared Penelope in her sleep, [8] so that when she ...
Bitterweed – Any plant in the genus Ambrosia, especially Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Artemisia trifida, Helenium amarum; Blackberry – Rubus spp., Rubus pensilvanicus, Rubus occidentalis. Hispid swamp blackberry – Rubus hispidus; Pennsylvania blackberry – Rubus pensilvanicus; Running swamp blackberry – Rubus hispidus; Black cap – Rubus ...
E. Echinocactus horizonthalonius; Echinocactus polycephalus; Echinocereus engelmannii; Echinocereus fasciculatus; Echinocereus triglochidiatus; Elymus elymoides
B. Baccharis salicifolia; Baccharis sergiloides; Bahiopsis parishii; Baileya multiradiata; Baileya pauciradiata; Baja California desert; Barrel cactus; Bebbia