[12/05] 돼지풀 [common ragweed; Ambrosia artemisiifolia]

[12/05] 돼지풀 [common ragweed; Ambrosia artemisiifolia]

학명(學名, binomial name): Ambrosia artemisiifolia
이명: 도둑풀, 누더기풀, common ragweed, annual ragweed, low ragweed, American wormwood, bitterweed, blackweed, carrot weed, hay fever weed, Roman wormwood, short ragweed, stammerwort, stickweed, tassel weed
계(界, Kingdom): 식물계(Plantae)
문(門, Division): 속씨식물문, 현화식물문(Magnoliophyta), 피자식물문(Angiospermae)
강(綱, Class): 쌍떡잎식물강(Dicotyledoneae), 목련강(Magnoliopsida)
목(目, Order):  초롱꽃목, 국화목(Asterales)
과(科, Family): 국화과(Asteraceae)
속(屬, Genus):  돼지풀속(Ambrosia)
종(種, Species): Ambrosia artemisiifolia
개화: 8월~9월; 녹색
생활형: 한해살이풀

꽃말: 행복한 연애(happy relationship), 연애의 행복(glow of love); 불사(不死, eternal life), 불멸(不滅, immortality)

북아메리카가 원산으로 한국에는 6·25전쟁 당시 유입되어 전국 각지에 야생상태로 분포하며, 번식력이 매우 강합니다. 화분병(花粉病)을 일으키는 풀로 가축사료로도 사용하지 않는다고 하고, 많은 양의 꽃가루가 나와 알레르기성 비염과 각종 호흡기질환을 유발하는 식물이기도 합니다. 행복한 연애(happy relationship), 연애의 행복(glow of love)이라는 꽃말과는 잘 어울리지 않죠.

속명인 Ambrosia는 그리스 신화에 나오는 신들의 음식인 암브로시아(ambrosia)에서 왔으며, 어원적으로는 불멸, 불사를 의미합니다.

Image: Ambrosia artemisiifolia | CC-PD | Date: 19 August 2016 | Author: AnRo0002 | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20160819Ambrosia_artemisiifolia1.jpg

Image: Ambrosia artemisiifolia | CC-PD | Date: 19 August 2016 | Author: AnRo0002 | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20160819Ambrosia_artemisiifolia2.jpg

Image: Ambrosia psilostachya | CC-PD | Date: 5 October 2016 | Author: AnRo0002 | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20161005Ambrosia_psilostachya2.jpg

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