Artemisia bigelovii A.Gray

Bigelow sage (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Artemisia

Characteristics

Shrubs, 20–40(–60) cm (branched from bases, rounded), mildly aromatic; not root-sprouting. Stems silvery, canescent (bark gray-brown). Leaves persistent, light gray-green; blades narrowly cuneate, 0.5–3 × 0.2–0.5 cm, entire or 3(–5)-lobed (lobes 1.5–2 mm, less than 1/3 blade lengths, acute), faces silvery canescent. Heads (usually nodding) in arrays 6–25 × 1–4 cm (branches erect, somewhat curved). Involucres globose, 2–3 × 1.5–2.5 mm. Phyllaries (8–15) ovate, canescent or tomentose. Florets: pistillate 0–2 (raylike, laminae to 1 mm); bisexual 1–3; corollas 1–1.5 mm (style branches of ray florets elongate, exsert, epapillate, tips acute; of disc florets, short, truncate, papillate). Cypselae (ellipsoid, 5-ribbed) 0.8–1 mm, glabrous. 2n = 18, 36, 72.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.4
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses animal food medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity light
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Images

Artemisia bigelovii unspecified picture

Distribution

Artemisia bigelovii world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:305026-2
WFO ID wfo-0000072231
COL ID GW57
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Artemisia bigelovii Seriphidium bigelowii Artemisia petrophila