Silver Burweed
Ambrosia chamissonis
Range: The coastline of western North America from Alaska to Baja California.
Description: Perennial herb forming large clumps. Long, creeping rhizomes; stems leafy, spreading-hairy, stout, branched just below the surface, forming large, lax clumps 20-160 cm tall. Somewhat succulent leaves, toothed to deeply divided and crinkly edged, with fine whitish or silvery hairs.
Ecology: Moist to mesic coastal sandy or gravelly upper beaches and shorelines in the lowland zone
Notes:
Sources:- Eflora
- Pojar, J. and A. MacKinnon. Plants of coastal British Columbia: including Washington, Oregon & Alaska. Lone Pine Publishing. Vancouver. 528 p.
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