Burke: Artemisia californica vs. Artemisia douglasiana

	Artemisia californica	Artemisia douglasiana
		Douglas's mugwort, Douglas's sagewort, Douglas's wormwood
Habit		Stout, rhizomatous perennial, the stem 5-15 dm. tall.
Leaves		Leaves alternate, lanceolate to elliptic, entire or with a few coarse teeth or lobes, 7-15 cm. long and 1-5 cm. wide, green above and white-woolly beneath.
Flowers		Inflorescence a large, terminal panicle; involucre 3-4 mm. high, somewhat white-woolly; corollas all tubular, pale yellow, the outer 6-10 pistillate, the inner 10-25 perfect; receptacle naked; pappus none.
Fruits		Achene.

	Artemisia californica	Artemisia douglasiana
Flowering time		July-September
Habitat		Mostly along stream banks and river bottoms.
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Washington to California, east to Nevada. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status		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. 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
Web links	Local floras: CA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Artemisia californica

Artemisia douglasiana

Douglas's mugwort, Douglas's sagewort, Douglas's wormwood

Habit

Stout, rhizomatous perennial, the stem 5-15 dm. tall.

Leaves

Leaves alternate, lanceolate to elliptic, entire or with a few coarse teeth or lobes, 7-15 cm. long and 1-5 cm. wide, green above and white-woolly beneath.

Flowers

Inflorescence a large, terminal panicle;

involucre 3-4 mm. high, somewhat white-woolly;

corollas all tubular, pale yellow, the outer 6-10 pistillate, the inner 10-25 perfect;

receptacle naked;

pappus none.

Fruits

Achene.