Artemisia - Burke Herbarium Image Collection

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Artemisia

artemisia, mugwort, sagebrush, wormwood

Specimens

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Origin: Native

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Description:

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Accepted Name:

Artemisia
Publication: Sp. Pl. 2: 845. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 367. 1754.

Synonyms & Misapplications:

Picrothamnus [FNA19]
Sphaeromeria [FNA19]

Species in Artemisia:

Artemisia absinthium – absinthe, old-man, wormwood Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across much of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Artemisia annua – sweet Annie, sweet sagewort, annual wormwood Occurring in scattered locations east of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Washington to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Artemisia arbuscula – dwarf sagebrush, low sagebrush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
ssp. arbuscula – little sagebrush, low sagebrush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
Artemisia biennis – biennial wormwood Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Alaska to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast, where considered introduced.
Artemisia campestris – Pacific sagewort, northern wormwood Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast; also in Eurasia.
var. borealis – northern wormwood Occurring west of the Cascades crest in the Olympic Mountains in Washington; Alaska to Washington, east to the Rocky Mountains, disjunct in California.
var. scouleriana – Pacific sagewort, Scouler's wormwood Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Great Plains.
var. wormskioldii – Columbia Islands sagewort, Wormskiold's wormwood sagewort Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to the Columbia River Basin in south-central Washington.
Artemisia cana – hoary sagebrush, silver sagebrush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
ssp. bolanderi – Bolander's hairy sagebrush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington in Yakima County, where disjunct from the main range of the variety. central Oregon to California, disjunct in central Washington.
Artemisia douglasiana – Douglas's mugwort, Douglas's sagewort, Douglas's wormwood Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Washington to California, east to Nevada.
Artemisia dracunculus – dragon sagewort, tarragon, dragon wormwood Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Great Plains and Great Lakes region.
Artemisia frigida – prairie sagebrush, prairie sagewort Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Washington, east to the Great Plains, Great Lakes region, and northeastern North America.
Artemisia furcata – three-forked mugwort, forked wormwood Occurring in the Cascades and Olympic Mountains of Washington; Alaska to Washington, east to Northwest Territories, Alberta, and Nunavut.
Artemisia ludoviciana – western mugwort, prairie sage Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
ssp. candicans – gray sagewort Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.
ssp. incompta – intermediate sagewort, mountain wormwood Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.
ssp. lindleyana – Lindley's western mugwort, Lindley's prairie sage Occurring east of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; south-central British Columbia to Oregon, east to western Montana.
ssp. ludoviciana – western mugwort, Louisiana sagewort, silver wormwood Occurring east of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Artemisia michauxiana – Michaux's mugwort, lemon sagewort, Michaux's wormwood Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Alberta and Wyoming.
Artemisia norvegica – mountain sagewort, boreal wormwood Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska south to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
ssp. saxatilis – mountain sagewort
Artemisia rigida – scabland sagebrush, stiff sagebrush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to Oregon, east to Idaho and Montana.
Artemisia spiciformis – snowfield sagebrush, spiked sagebrush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to California, east to southwestern Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.
Artemisia stelleriana – dusty miller, old-woman, beach wormwood, Steller's wormwood Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the northeastern coast of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington; native to Alaska, also occurring from the Great Lakes region east to northeastern North America.
Artemisia suksdorfii – coastal mugwort, Suksdorf's sagewort, coastal wormwood Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California.
Artemisia tilesii – Aleutian mugwort, Cascade wormwood Occurring in the Olympic and Cascade Mountains of Washington; Alaska to Oregon, east to Montana, and east across Canada to Quebec.
Artemisia tridentata – big sagebrush Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
ssp. tridentata – big sagebrush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
ssp. vaseyana – mountain big sagebrush, Vasey sagebrush Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
ssp. wyomingensis – Wyoming sagebrush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
Artemisia tripartita – cut-leaf sagebrush, threetip sagebrush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon and Nevada, east to Idaho and Wyoming.
ssp. tripartita – cutleaf sagebrush, threetip sagebrush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon and Nevada, east to Idaho and Wyoming.
Artemisia vulgaris – mugwort, lobed wormwood Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Alaska to Oregon, east to Montana, east across Canada to the Great Lakes region and eastern North America.

Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Artemisia in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Artemisia checklist entry

OregonFlora: Artemisia information

E-Flora BC: Artemisia atlas page

CalPhotos: Artemisia photos

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