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Ambrosia artemisiifolia
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Scientific Name - Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.

Synonyms - Ambrosia elatior

Popular names - common ragweed, Ambrose of Féile d'armoire, wild tansy.

Distribution and Habitat - originated in the United States and southern Canada, naturalized in Europe. Grown in temperate and subtropical areas, the crop fields, pastures, edges of roads and railways along.

Description - The annual species, Mono, 30-100 cm tall. Fibrous root, branched at the top. Stems slender, branched, pubescent or hirsuta. Leaves opposite to alternate base and tapered, triangular or ovate, 1-2 penatifide, pubescent, light green inside and often pubescent, upper leaves are linear and integer. Male flowers greenish-yellow color, grouped in spiceterminale; onflorescentele female flowers are green, many held on the upper leaf axilla. Pollinatione anemofila. Blooms in June-October. Fruit achenes, obovoida, 3-4 mm long, pubescent and glandular. Seeds light brown, 3-5 mm long, 2-3 mm diameter, one plant produces 3000 - 60 000 seeds.

Growth rate - fast.

Requirements - prefer arid environments and bright, sandy and rocky land.

Propagation - by seeds, through self-sowing, about 500-7300 seeds per m 2. Germinate the following spring. The seeds remain viable for 20 years with a germination rate of 85%. (Source http://www.issg.org )

Curiosity -

Ambrosia derived from the Greek 'ambrotos' = 'food for the gods', 'artemisiifolia' name combines the Greek goddess of hunting su Latin name 'folium' = leaf, referring to the highly divided leaf form.

Ambrosia artemisiifolia was introduced in Europe forMedicinal where out of control and the naturalizandu become invasive causing not only damage crops of maize, sunflower and soybean, and human allergies.

For control of Ambrosia artemisiifolia and various biological methods were used: Epiblema strenuana, Zygogyramma bicolor, Z. disruptors, Z. suturalis.

Ambrosia artemisiifolia can combat and uproot mechanically specimens before they bloom, but it is necessary to repeat this work several times.

A. artemisiifolia allergy symptoms are frequent sneezing, runny nose, tearing, dermatitis.

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