Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia rigida
dragon sagewort, tarragon
scabland sagebrush, stiff sagebrush
glabrous or occasionally villous-puberulent.
canescent or glandular-puberulent, glabrate proximally.
cauline, numerous, linear, 2–8 cm;
margins entire, rarely some few-cleft;
tips acute or acuminate;
surfaces glabrous, sessile.
cauline, 1–4 cm, deeply divided into 3–5 linear lobes;
surfaces canescent or resinous-glandular, sessile or petioles present.
panicle-like.
panicle- or raceme-like.
spherical or hemispheric, 2–4 mm.
cylindric to narrowly campanulate, 4–6 × 2.5–3.5 mm.
glabrous.
glabrous.
15–45; outer pistillate; inner functionally staminate.
4–8.
in several equal series, with a few short outer, lanceolate;
margins membranous;
tips obtuse;
surfaces glabrous.
in 3–5 unequal series, triangular to oblanceolate; outer gradually shorter;
margins membranous;
surfaces canescent.
0.5–1 mm, glabrous.
1–1.5 mm, glabrous.
disciform; erect or nodding, peduncled.
discoid; erect, sessile.
=18.
=18, 36.
Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia rigida
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.
Shrublands, open coniferous woods. Flowering Jun–Oct. 600–1800 m. BR, BW, Col, Owy. ID, WA; northeast to MT. Native.
Kenton Chambers
Kenton Chambers
- 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
