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Asteraceae
Artemisia

not marked as a favorite taxon Artemisia ludoviciana Nuttall. Common name: White Sage, White Sagewort, Prairie Sage, Western Mugwort. Phenology: Late Aug-Nov. Habitat: Prairies, roadsides, fencerows, eastwards in disturbed areas. Distribution: MI west to AK, south as a native to IL, AR, TX, NM, AZ, CA, and s. Mexico.

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Subgenus: Artemisia.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl7, Mex, Pa, Va, WH3; = Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. ludoviciana — Ar, FNA19, K4, Mi, NE, POWO; = Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. var. ludoviciana — C, G, GrPl, SE1; > Artemisia gnaphalodes Nutt. — Tat; > Artemisia herriotii Rydb. — F; < Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. — Ok; > Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. — RAB, Yeou-Ruenn (1995); > Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. ludoviciana — NY; > Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. var. americana (Besser) Fernald — F; > Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. var. brittonii (Rydb.) Fernald — F; > Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. var. gnaphalodes (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray — F, Il, Oh3; > Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. var. latifolia (Besser) Torr. & A.Gray — F; > Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. var. ludoviciana — F, Il, Mo2, Oh3; > Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. var. pabularis (A.Nelson) Fernald — F; > Artemisia serrata Nutt. — F, NY; Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. Basionym: Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 1818

Links to other floras: = Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana - FNA19

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Artemisia ludoviciana© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Artemisia ludoviciana© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Artemisia ludoviciana© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Artemisia ludoviciana© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rhizomatous, colony-forming perennial of dry roadsides, fields and other disturbed areas.

Stems: Stems stiff, branched above, gray-green and white-hairy (at least above).

Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile or nearly so, linear to lance-elliptic, 1-4 in. long, entire to coarsely few-lobed or deeply pinnately lobed, densely white-hairy on both surfaces (sometime becoming smooth above with age), aromatic when crushed.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) arranged in elongate terminal panicles and racemes; heads erect to nodding, yellowish-gray, less than 1/4 in. wide, each consisting of tightly clustered tiny tubular florets surrounded by a series of overlapping, gray-green bracts.

Fruits:

Comments: Believed to be native of western North America and adventive in the East.

Height: 2-3 ft.

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description: Erect, rhizomatous, colony-forming perennial of dry roadsides, fields and other disturbed areas.

stems: Stems stiff, branched above, gray-green and white-hairy (at least above).

leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile or nearly so, linear to lance-elliptic, 1-4 in. long, entire to coarsely few-lobed or deeply pinnately lobed, densely white-hairy on both surfaces (sometime becoming smooth above with age), aromatic when crushed.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers (heads) arranged in elongate terminal panicles and racemes; heads erect to nodding, yellowish-gray, less than 1/4 in. wide, each consisting of tightly clustered tiny tubular florets surrounded by a series of overlapping, gray-green bracts.

fruits:

comments: Believed to be native of western North America and adventive in the East.

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