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Coastal wormwood

Artemisia suksdorfii

Also called Suksdorf Sagewort, Suksdorf's Mugwort, Suksdorf's Sagewort, Suksdorf's Wormwood, Suksdorf Wormwood, Coastal Mugwort

Coastal wormwood
Photo: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
W. Canada to W. U.S.A.

About

Artemisia suksdorfii is a North American species of sagebrush in the sunflower family. It is known by the common names coastal mugwort, coastal wormwood, and Suksdorf sagewort. It is native to coastal regions from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and northern California as far south as Sonoma County, with isolated populations on Santa Catalina Island in Los Angeles County.

Artemisia suksdorfii grows in coastal drainages and other habitat near the ocean. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing many erect stems one half to two meters in height. The unbranched stems are brownish and have woody bases. The leaves are narrow and lobed, green and hairless on top and white and woolly underneath. The inflorescence is generally spike-like, up to 30 centimeters long and a few wide.

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 suksdorfii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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