Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Artemisia ludoviciana
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Artemisia ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-83-002:
Artemisia ludoviciana FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Artemisia ludoviciana var. ludoviciana
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Artemisia ludoviciana var. gnaphalodes
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Artemisia ludoviciana var. ludoviciana
COMMON NAME:
White Sage, Prairie Sage, White Sagewort, Western Mugwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_argn_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Artemisia ludoviciana
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Artemisia ludoviciana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-83-002:
Artemisia ludoviciana
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Artemisia ludoviciana var. ludoviciana
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Artemisia ludoviciana var. gnaphalodes
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Artemisia ludoviciana var. ludoviciana
3476
Forb
Habitat: Prairies, roadsides, fencerows, eastwards in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native: western North America
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Greenish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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