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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: Artemisia ludoviciana
General Desc:
Artemisia carruthii is rhizomatous and spreads in loose patches. It grows 2 to 3 feet tall, is very aromatic, and has leaves that are silvery and hairy with very narrow divisions. All parts of the plant are used medicinally by Native Americans.
Identification notes: Leaves are deeply pinnately divided into narrow lobes, but are not filiform, hairy on the underside. The inner bracts of the flower head are without hairs.
Height:
2 to 3 feet
Habitat Description: This plant is found in a wide range of habitats: dry sandy soils, pinion juniper woodlands, grasslands, foothills, and near abandoned structures.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 2000 - 9500 feet
Color:
Pale yellow
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like in elongated clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jun - Oct
Description:
The flower head has disc flowers only and no ray flowers.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are simple and alternate with one leaf per node along each stem. Leaf blade edges have lobes, or both teeth and lobes. Leaves and stem of plant are hairy.
No Fruit or seed notes
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