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snowfield sagebrush, spiked sagebrush

Artemisia borealis

Artemisia spiciformis

Flowering time June-August July-September
Habitat Dry subalpine to alpine meadows and fellfields. Cool, moist slopes, from middle elevations to subalpine.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in the Olympic Mountains in Washington; Alaska to Washington, east to the Rocky Mountains, disjunct in California.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to California, east to southwestern Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
A. absinthium, A. annua, A. arbuscula, A. biennis, A. campestris, A. cana, A. douglasiana, A. dracunculus, A. frigida, A. furcata, A. ludoviciana, A. michauxiana, A. norvegica, A. rigida, A. spiciformis, A. stelleriana, A. suksdorfii, A. tilesii, A. tridentata, A. tripartita, A. vulgaris
A. absinthium, A. annua, A. arbuscula, A. biennis, A. campestris, A. cana, A. douglasiana, A. dracunculus, A. frigida, A. furcata, A. ludoviciana, A. michauxiana, A. norvegica, A. rigida, A. stelleriana, A. suksdorfii, A. tilesii, A. tridentata, A. tripartita, A. vulgaris
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