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Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. mexicana (Spreng.) D.D.Keck

White sagebrush (en)

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Stems 30–80(–100) cm, widely branched, sparsely hairy or glabrous. Leaves strongly bicolor (white and green, or gray-green and green), narrowly lanceolate, 4–10 × 0.5–1 cm, lobed; faces ± tomentose (abaxial) or glabrescent. Heads in paniculiform or racemiform arrays 1–8 × 2–5 cm. Involucres (campanulate) 3–4 × 2–3 mm. Florets: pistillate (5–)8–10; bisexual (6–)10–20; corollas ca. 1.5 mm. 2n = 18, 36.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 4-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Dermatological Aid (leaf), Throat Aid (leaf), Herbal Steam (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Sore(Throat) (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Stupefacient (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Anthelminthic (unspecified), Masticatory (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. mexicana world distribution map, present in Belize, Canada, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, El Salvador, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20692-2
WFO ID wfo-0000108997
COL ID 5FSKT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Artemisia revoluta Artemisia neomexicana Artemisia cuneifolia Artemisia ghiesbreghtii Artemisia mexicana Artemisia neomexicana Artemisia muelleri Artemisia mexicana Artemisia mexicana Artemisia mexicana Artemisia ludoviciana var. mexicana Artemisia mexicana var. mexicana Artemisia vulgaris var. mexicana Artemisia vulgaris subsp. mexicana Artemisia ludoviciana subsp. mexicana Oligosporus mexicanus
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