Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
ambrosia corta, annual ragweed, common ragweed, ragweed, Roman wormwood, short ragweed
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Ambrosia
Species
artemisiifolia
Taxon category: Accepted
In Stewart (1911) as Ambrosia artemisiaefolia.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1971
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Lawesson, J.E. (1987) Plantas exóticas en las Islas Galápagos, un resumen. Memorias. Taller sobre investigación Botánica y manejo en Galápagos. Pg. 17-23.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ambrosia artemisiifolia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15474. Accessed 6 November 2026.