Ambrosia salsola

Ambrosia salsola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Ambrosia
Species:	A. salsola
Binomial name
	Ambrosia salsola; (Torr. & A.Gray) Strother & B.G. Baldwin
Synonyms
	Ambrosia salsola var. fasciculata (A.Nelson) Strother & B.G.Baldwin; Ambrosia salsola var. pentalepis (Rydb.) Strother & B.G.Baldwin; Hymenoclea fasciculata A.Nelson; Hymenoclea pentalepis Rydb.; Hymenoclea salsola'' Torr. & A. Gray; Hymenoclea salsola var. fasciculata (Nelson) K.M.Peterson & W.W.Payne ; Hymenoclea salsola var. patula (A.Nelson) K.M.Peterson & W.W.Payne; Hymenoclea salsola var. pentalepis (Rydb.) L.D.Benson;

Ambrosia salsola, commonly called cheesebush, winged ragweed, burrobush, white burrobrush, and desert pearl, is a species of perennial shrub in the family Asteraceae native to deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

This species, notable for its foul smell, easily hybridizes with the white bur-sage (Ambrosia dumosa).