Sagebrush (plant)
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Sagebrush is the common name
for Artemisia tridentata
and a number of other species
of shrubby
plants in the genus Artemisia, native to the North American west and other parts of the world. It is sometimes confused with sage plants (Salvia
).
Other common plant names in Artemisia include Tarragon
(A. dracunculus), mugworts, sageworts, wormwoods
, and Santonica
(A. cina).
For a more comprehensive list of all types (mugworts, wormwoods, etc.) Artemisia species see the selected species section for Artemisia.
Common name
A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...
for Artemisia tridentata
Artemisia tridentata
Artemisia tridentata is a shrub or small tree from the family Asteraceae. Some botanists treat it in the segregate genus Seriphidium, as S. tridentatum W. A. Weber, but this is not widely followed...
and a number of other species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of shrubby
Shrub
A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...
plants in the genus Artemisia, native to the North American west and other parts of the world. It is sometimes confused with sage plants (Salvia
Salvia
Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, with approximately 700-900 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. It is one of several genera commonly referred to as sage. When used without modifiers, sage generally refers to Salvia officinalis ; however, it is...
).
Other common plant names in Artemisia include Tarragon
Tarragon
Tarragon or dragon's-wort is a perennial herb in the family Asteraceae related to wormwood. Corresponding to its species name, a common term for the plant is "dragon herb". It is native to a wide area of the Northern Hemisphere from easternmost Europe across central and eastern Asia to India,...
(A. dracunculus), mugworts, sageworts, wormwoods
Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia absinthium is a species of wormwood, native to temperate regions of Eurasia and northern Africa....
, and Santonica
Artemisia cina
Artemisia cina, commonly known as santonica , Levant wormseed, and wormseed, is an herbaceous perennial of the daisy family. Its dried flowerheads are the source of the vermifugic drug santonin since ancient times. Its common names arise from its known ability to expel worms...
(A. cina).
For a more comprehensive list of all types (mugworts, wormwoods, etc.) Artemisia species see the selected species section for Artemisia.
- The following is an alphabetical list of different sagebrush plant's common names, along with their corresponding scientific name (Note: many sagebrush species are known by more than one common name, and some common names represent more than one species):
- African Sagebrush - Artemisia afraArtemisia afraArtemisia afra is a common species of the genus Artemisia in Africa, with a wide distribution from South Africa, to areas reaching to the North and East, as far north as Ethiopia. Artemisia afra is the only indigenous species in this genus....
- African Wormwood - ( see African Sagebrush )
- Alpine Sagebrush - Artemisia scopulorum
- Basin Sagebrush - Artemisia tridentataArtemisia tridentataArtemisia tridentata is a shrub or small tree from the family Asteraceae. Some botanists treat it in the segregate genus Seriphidium, as S. tridentatum W. A. Weber, but this is not widely followed...
- Big Sagebrush - ( see Basin Sagebrush )
- Bigelow Sage - ( see Bigelow Sagebrush )
- Bigelow Sagebrush - Artemisia bigeloviiArtemisia bigeloviiArtemisia bigelovii is a species of sagebrush known by the common name Bigelow sagebrush.It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in desert, basin, grassland, and juniper woodland habitats. It is very drought-tolerant and lives in arid regions on sandy and limestone-rich soils...
- Birdfoot Sagebrush - Artemisia pedatifida
- Black Sage - ( see Basin Sagebrush or Little Sagebrush )
- Black Sagebrush - Artemisia novaArtemisia novaArtemisia nova is a species of sagebrush known by the common name black sagebrush.It is native to the western United States from California to Montana to New Mexico, where it grows in forest, woodland, and grassland habitats. It is "one of the most common shrubs in the western United States"...
- Blue Sage - ( see Basin Sagebrush )
- Boreal Sagebrush - Artemisia arctica
- Budsage (sagebrush) - Artemisia spinescensArtemisia spinescensArtemisia spinescens is a species of sagebrush known by the common name budsage.It is often treated separately from genus Artemisia and named Picrothamnus desertorum, but this separation has not been confirmed by genetic analysis...
- California Sagebrush - Artemisia californicaArtemisia californicaArtemisia californica, also known as California sagebrush, of the Asteraceae family, is a shrub that grows in coastal sage scrub, coastal strand, chaparral, and dry foothill communities, from sea level to 800 m...
- Carruth's Sagebrush - Artemisia carruthii
- Carruth Sagewort - ( see Carruth's Sagebrush )
- Coastal Sagebrush - ( see California Sagebrush )
- Dwarf Sagebrush - ( see Alpine Sagebrush )
- Fringed Sagebrush - Artemisia frigida
- Fringed Sagewort - ( see Fringed Sagebrush )
- Gray Sagewort - ( see White Sagebrush )
- Island Sagebrush - Artemisia nesioticaArtemisia nesioticaArtemisia nesiotica is a species of sagebrush known by the common name island sagebrush.It is endemic to the three of the eight Channel Islands of California. This is a small shrub growing up to about half a meter tall and generally rounded in shape. It produces several thin, upright stems from a...
- Little Sagebrush - Artemisia arbusculaArtemisia arbusculaArtemisia arbuscula is a species of sagebrush known by the common names little sagebrush, low sagebrush, or black sagebrush....
- Longleaf Sagebrush - Artemisia longifolia
- Longleaf Wormwood - ( see Longleaf Sagebrush )
- Low Sagebrush - ( see Little Sagebrush )
- Michaux Sagebrush - Artemisia michauxianaArtemisia michauxianaArtemisia michauxiana is a species of wormwood known by the common names Michaux's wormwood and lemon sagewort.It is native to western North America from Yukon to California to Colorado, where it grows in mountain talus habitats in subalpine to alpine climates. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb...
- Michaux's Wormwood - ( see Michaux Sagebrush )
- Owyhee Sage - ( see Owyhee Sagebrush )
- Owyhee Sagebrush - Artemisia papposaArtemisia papposaArtemisia papposa is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names Owyhee sage, Owyhee sagebrush, and fuzzy sagebrush...
- Packard's Wormwood - ( see Succor Creek Sagebrush )
- Prairie Sage - ( see White Sagebrush )
- Prairie Sagewort - ( see Fringed Sagebrush )
- Pygmy Sagebrush - Artemisia pygmaea
- Ragweed Sagebrush - Artemisia franserioides
- Sand Sagebrush - Artemisia filifolia
- Sand Sagebush - ( see Sand Sagebrush )
- Scabland Sagebrush - Artemisia rigida
- Silver Sagebrush - Artemisia canaArtemisia canaArtemisia cana is a species of sagebrush native to western and central North America, having three subspecies. It known by many common names, including silver sagebrush, sticky sagebrush, silver wormwood, hoary sagebrush, and dwarf sagebrush...
- Silvery Wormwood - ( see Sand Sagebrush )
- Succor Creek Sagebrush - Artemisia packardiae
- Timberline Sagebrush - Artemisia rothrockiiArtemisia rothrockiiArtemisia rothrockii is a rare species of sagebrush known by the common names timberline sagebrush and Rothrock sagebrush.It is endemic to California, where it is native to parts of the Sierra Nevada, the White Mountains, and the San Bernardino Mountains. It grows at elevations between 2000 and...
- Threetip Sagebrush - Artemisia tripartita
- White Sagebrush - Artemisia ludovicianaArtemisia ludovicianaArtemisia ludoviciana is a species of sagebrush known by several common names, including silver wormwood, Louisiana wormwood, white sagebrush, and gray sagewort....