Artemisia carruthii

Artemisia carruthii

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Artemisia
Species:
A. carruthii
Binomial name
Artemisia carruthii
Wood ex Carruth.
Synonyms[1]
  • Artemisia bakeri Greene
  • Artemisia coloradensis Osterh.
  • Artemisia kansana Britton ex Britton
  • Artemisia wrightii A.Gray

Artemisia carruthii, common name Carruth's sagewort or Carruth wormwood, is a North American species of shrubs in the daisy family native to much of south-central and southwestern United States (Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, northern + western Texas). There are reports of a few naturalized populations in Missouri, the Great Lakes Region, and Rhode Island.[2][3][4] It is also native to the States of Chihuahua and Sonora in northern Mexico.[5]

Artemisia carruthii is an erect perennial herb up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. It is faintly aromatic and covered with hairs. Flowers and yellow and nodding (hanging).[5][6] It grows in grasslands as well as open and wooded areas.[5]

  1. ^ The Plant List Artemisia carruthii Alph.Wood ex Carruth.
  2. ^ "USDA Plants Database". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ^ Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society, Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth Carruth's wormwood description and photos plus New England distribution map
  5. ^ a b c "Artemisia carruthii in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  6. ^ Carruth James Harrison. 1877. Centennial Catalogue of the Plants of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 5: 51

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