OregonFlora: Artemisia dracunculus

	Artemisia dracunculus
	dragon sagewort, tarragon
Habit	Herbs or subshrubs perennial, 5–15 dm; taproots woody.
Stems	glabrous or occasionally villous-puberulent.
Leaves	cauline, numerous, linear, 2–8 cm; margins entire, rarely some few-cleft; tips acute or acuminate; surfaces glabrous, sessile.
Inflorescences	panicle-like.
Involucres	spherical or hemispheric, 2–4 mm.
Receptacles	glabrous.
Florets	15–45; outer pistillate; inner functionally staminate.
Phyllaries	in several equal series, with a few short outer, lanceolate; margins membranous; tips obtuse; surfaces glabrous.
Fruits	0.5–1 mm, glabrous.
Heads	disciform; erect or nodding, peduncled.
2n	=18.

	Artemisia dracunculus
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Discussion	Open woodlands shrublands, thickets, grasslands, riverbanks, rocky slopes and cliffs, disturbed areas. Flowering Jul–Oct. 50–1600 m. BR, BW, Col, ECas, Lava, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to AK, northeast to Quebec, east to MA, southeast to TX. Native.
Source	Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 191 Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa	A. abrotanum, A. absinthium, A. arbuscula, A. biennis, A. campestris, A. cana, A. douglasiana, A. estesii, A. ludoviciana, A. michauxiana, A. nova, A. packardiae, A. papposa, A. pycnocephala, A. rigida, A. spiciformis, A. spinescens, A. suksdorfii, A. tilesii, A. tridentata, A. tripartita, A. vulgaris
Synonyms	Artemisia dracunculus var. dracunculus
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Artemisia dracunculus

dragon sagewort, tarragon

Habit

Herbs or subshrubs perennial, 5–15 dm; taproots woody.

Stems

glabrous or occasionally villous-puberulent.

Leaves

cauline, numerous, linear, 2–8 cm;

margins entire, rarely some few-cleft;

tips acute or acuminate;

surfaces glabrous, sessile.

Inflorescences

panicle-like.

Involucres

spherical or hemispheric, 2–4 mm.

Receptacles

glabrous.

Florets

15–45; outer pistillate; inner functionally staminate.

Phyllaries

in several equal series, with a few short outer, lanceolate;

margins membranous;

tips obtuse;

surfaces glabrous.

Fruits

0.5–1 mm, glabrous.

Heads

disciform; erect or nodding, peduncled.

=18.

Artemisia dracunculus

Distribution

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Discussion

Open woodlands shrublands, thickets, grasslands, riverbanks, rocky slopes and cliffs, disturbed areas. Flowering Jul–Oct. 50–1600 m. BR, BW, Col, ECas, Lava, Owy. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to AK, northeast to Quebec, east to MA, southeast to TX. Native.

Source

Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 191
Kenton Chambers

Sibling taxa