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Ragweed Flowers
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Ragweed has separate male and female flowers. The male
flowers are aggregated in a spike as shown above.Female flowers are
far fewer and are found in the axils of bracts, farther down the stem.
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Close-up of several male "flowers". As in all the members of this family (Asteraceae or Compositae) what appears to be a flower is actually a "head" of several to many flowers, each very much reduced. Each head has a set of green bracts forming the hoodlike structure shown above. |
A single flower. The yellowish structures that can be seen within are unopened anthers which contain the pollen. |
