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Artemisia douglasiana
Also called California Mugwort, Douglas' Wormwood, Northwest Mugwort, Western Mugwort, Douglas Sagewort, Douglas's Sagewort, Dream Plant
Douglas' sagewort is a western North American perennial herb with grey-green aromatic leaves that spreads by underground rhizomes. It grows best in full sun with moist soil, though it tolerates shade and drier conditions.
Artemisia douglasiana, known as California mugwort, Douglas's sagewort, or dream plant, is a western North American species of aromatic herb in the sunflower family.
The herbaceous perennial is native to the Western United States in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington; and in northwestern Baja California, Mexico.
Its seeds are foraged by a variety of native birds and its leaves are used as nesting material by some native bees.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Artemisia douglasiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
