Ambrosia maritima, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 142

1. A. maritima L. , Sp. Pl. 988 (1753).

Erect, branched, aromatic annual up to 125 cm. Stems often woody below. Leaves petiolate, deeply 2-pinnate, densely grey-hairy beneath; lobes ovate to lanceolate. Male involucre 3 mm in diameter, cupshaped; bracts connate and crenately lobed, usually pubescent; male flowers 10-15; corolla present. Female capitula in axillary clusters; involucre 3-5 mm, 5-angled in fruit, glandular-pubescent, with 5 conical tubercles; beak 0-5 mm; female flowers without corolla. Achenes obovoid, smooth. Maritime sands. Mediterranean region. Al Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Si.