Plants Profile for Artemisia campestris borealis borealis (field sagewort)

Image of Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis var. borealis

General Information
Symbol:	ARCAB4
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Asteraceae
Duration:	Biennial Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 523. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 524. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
ARBO4	Artemisia borealis Pall.
ARBOP	Artemisia borealis Pall. ssp. purshii (Hook.) Hultén
ARBOL	Artemisia borealis Pall. var. latisecta Fernald
ARBOP2	Artemisia borealis Pall. var. purshii Hook.
ARCAC9	Artemisia campestris L. ssp. canadensis (Michx.) Scoggan
ARCAC10	Artemisia campestris L. var. canadensis (Michx.) S.L. Welsh
ARCAP5	Artemisia campestris L. var. purshii (Hook.) Cronquist
ARCA23	Artemisia canadensis Michx.
ARRI6	Artemisia richardsoniana Besser
ARSP7	Artemisia spithamea Pursh
OLGR2	Oligosporus groenlandicus (Hornem.) Á. Löve & D. Löve

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae – Aster family
Genus	Artemisia L. – sagebrush
Species	Artemisia campestris L. – field sagewort
Subspecies	Artemisia campestris L. ssp. borealis (Pall.) H.M. Hall & Clem. – field sagewort
Variety	Artemisia campestris L. ssp. borealis (Pall.) H.M. Hall & Clem. var. borealis (Pall.) M. Peck – field sagewort

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Maine Canadian wormwood Possibly Extirpated
Massachusetts boreal wormwood Endangered
New York wild sage Endangered
Ohio beach wormwood Threatened

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status