Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
Habitat: Open, dry plains and hills in sagebrush desert.
Flowers: July-September
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Wind
Erect, branching, aromatic shrub, 1-4 dm. tall, the leaves and young branches covered with fine, grey hairs.
Leaves persisting through the winter, narrowly wedge-shaped, up to 1.5 cm. long, deeply 3-toothed at the apex, the upper ones narrower and often entire.
Heads numerous, sessile, in a spike-like panicle, up to 1.5 cm. wide; involucre 3-5 mm. high, covered with fine, grey hairs; corollas all tubular, fertile, all perfect, yellowish, mostly 3-8; receptacle without hairs; pappus none.
Achenes glabrous.
Publication: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 398. 1841.
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ssp. arbuscula – little sagebrush, low sagebrush
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Artemisia arbuscula in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Artemisia arbuscula checklist entry
OregonFlora: Artemisia arbuscula information
E-Flora BC: Artemisia arbuscula atlas page
CalPhotos: Artemisia arbuscula photos
