Index / Search / Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. elatior
§1 Plant
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. var. elatior (L.) Descourtils
vernacular annual ragweed — variety · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Ambrosia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 209 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 209 counties across 10 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 61 I ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Mississippi 05093
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 65 I ▾
- Allen 21003
- Anderson 21005
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Mason 21161
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Spencer 21215
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 12 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 45 I ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Clay 54015
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Logan 54045
- Marshall 54051
- Mason 54053
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pleasants 54073
- Pocahontas 54075
- Putnam 54079
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AMARE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8002952 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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