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Artemisia dracunculus

dragon sagewort, tarragon, dragon wormwood
Habit Nearly odorless to strongly odorous perennial herb, usually glabrous, from a stout rhizome, the several stems 5-15 dm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves linear or broadly linear, 3-8 cm. long and 2-10 mm. wide, entire, or a few cleft, the lower generally deciduous.
Flowers

Inflorescence an ample panicle;

involucre 2-4 mm. high, imbricate and dry;

corollas all tubular, yellowish, the outer pistillate and fertile, the inner sterile with abortive ovary;

receptacle naked;

pappus none.
Fruits

Achenes glabrous.

Artemisia dracunculus
Flowering time July-October
Habitat Sagebrush desert to ponderosa pine forest openings at middle elevations.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Great Plains and Great Lakes region.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
A. absinthium, A. annua, A. arbuscula, A. biennis, A. campestris, A. cana, A. douglasiana, 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
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