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Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
white sagebrush

   
Symbol: ARLU
Group: Dicot
Family: Asteraceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Subshrub
Forb/herb
Native Status:  
  
  



Photograph of Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
©Larry Allain. USGS NWRC.
 
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Distribution by State:
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.

Distributional Map for Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.
Distribution Map Legend

Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. distribution:
USA (AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY

 

Related Taxa:
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.

478 genera in Asteraceae, 68 species in Artemisia
Distribution of Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. albula (Woot.) D.D. Keck. .
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula
white sagebrush
Distribution of Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. candicans (Rydb.) D.D. Keck. .
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. candicans
white sagebrush
Distribution of Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. estesii K.L. Chambers. .
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. estesii
white sagebrush
Distribution of Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. incompta (Nutt.) D.D. Keck. .
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta
white sagebrush
Distribution of Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. ludoviciana. . Image Available.
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana
white sagebrush
Distribution of Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. mexicana (Willd. ex Spreng.) D.D. Keck. . Image Available.
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana
white sagebrush
Distribution of Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. redolens (A. Gray) D.D. Keck. .
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. redolens
white sagebrush
Distribution of Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. sulcata (Rydb.) D.D. Keck. .
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. sulcata
white sagebrush
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Classification:
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.

     
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 ludoviciana Nutt. – white sagebrush
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Michigan:
western mugwort Threatened
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.

Louisiana wormwood
cudweed sagewort
gray sagewort
mugwort wormwood
prairie sage
white sagebrush

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.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
UPL,FACU UPL UPL UPL FACU FACU- UPL UPL FACU FACU-* FACU- NO NO NO

Integrated Taxonomic Information Sytem (ITIS) :
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.

ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35474.

 

 

 

 
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