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Artemisia frigida Willd.
prairie sagewort

   
Symbol: ARFR4
Group: Dicot
Family: Asteraceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Subshrub
Native Status:  
L48    N
AK    N
CAN    N



Photograph of Artemisia frigida Willd.
©Gary A. Monroe. United States, ID, Custer Co. May 23, 2002.
 
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Distribution by State:
Artemisia frigida Willd.

Distributional Map for Artemisia frigida Willd.
Distribution Map Legend

Artemisia frigida Willd. distribution:
USA (AK, AZ, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, PA, SD, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AK, AZ, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, PA, SD, UT, WA, WI, WY

 

Related Taxa:
Artemisia frigida Willd.

478 genera in Asteraceae, 68 species in Artemisia
 

Classification:
Artemisia frigida Willd.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Asteridae
Order   Asterales
Family   Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus   Artemisia L. – sagebrush
Species   Artemisia frigida Willd. – prairie sagewort
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Artemisia frigida Willd.

fringed sagebrush
fringed sagewort
prairie sagewort

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

NE&GP Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
WSWS Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.
 

 

 
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