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Ragweed sagebrush

Artemisia franserioides

Ragweed sagebrush
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0

Ragweed sagebrush is a North American wild sagebrush (Artemisia) that grows as a biennial or perennial up to about 1 m tall, found in dry conifer forests. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, so care is mostly about giving it open, well-drained conditions.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Tree, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, lean soil; gritty or sandy mix works well.
Temperature
Hardy in cool to warm temperate climates; tolerates cold winters and hot dry summers.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Arizona to Colorado and Mexico (Chihuahua)

About

Artemisia franserioides, the ragweed sagebrush or bursage mugwort, is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Oklahoma) as well as northern Mexico (Chihuahua).

Artemisia franserioides is a biennial or perennial growing up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It is faintly aromatic, with many small, hanging flower heads. It grows in conifer forests.

Other Artemisia plants

Southernwood · Absinthium · African Wormwood · White Mugwort · Aleutian wormwood · Artemisia alpina · Sweet sagewort · Hedge Artemisia · Little sagebrush · Artemisia arenaria · Chinese Mugwort · Austrian Mugwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Artemisia franserioides 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.

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