Artemisia filifolia Torrey. Common name: Silver Sagebush. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Dry prairies and dunes, especially in sandy soils; sometimes grown horticulturally. Distribution: South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nevada south to c. Oklahoma, c. Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and n. Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Tamaulipas). This taxon approaches, but does not enter our flora area. The furthest eastern counties that it has been documented occur just west of the Cross Timbers ecoprovince (e.g., Jefferson Co., OK; Kingman Co., KS). Similarly, it is not listed as present in Diggs, Lipscomb & O'Kennon (1999).
Origin/Endemic status: W. North America
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA19, GrPl, K4, Mex, NS, Ok, POWO, Tx. Basionym: Artemisia filifolia Torrey 1827
Links to other floras: = Artemisia filifolia - FNA19
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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