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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Ambrosia hispida Pursh
Bay Geranium, Bay gerina, Bay tansy, Soap bush, Sweet bay, Wormwood

Ambrosia hispida
Copyright by: Michelle Hayden
In habitat, Eleuthera, Bahamas, 2013

Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, peninsular Florida (including South Florida), southern Mexico and Central America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Other data on Ambrosia hispida available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

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Ambrosia hispida
Copyright by: Michelle Hayden
In habitat, Eleuthera, Bahamas, 2013
Ambrosia hispida
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Ambrosia hispida
Copyright by: Cara Abbott, 2023.