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Artemisia cana subsp. bolanderi
Photo is of parent taxon

Bolander sagebrush, Bolander's hairy sagebrush, Bolander's sagebrush, Bolander's silver sagebrush, silver sagebrush
Habit Shrubs, 50–60(–80) cm.
Stems

white (felty-tomentose when young).
Leaves

sometimes bright green, blades linear to narrowly lanceolate, (1.5–)3–4 × 0.2–0.6 cm, usually entire, sometimes with irregular lobes.
Involucres

broadly campanulate, 3–4 × 4–5 mm.
Florets

8–16.
Phyllaries

narrowly ovate-lanceolate, acute (outer) or obtuse, densely hairy.
Heads

(2–3 per branch) in (sparsely leafy) arrays 12–18 × 1–2 cm.
Cypselae

1–1.5 mm.
2n

= 18, 36.

Artemisia cana subsp. bolanderi
Phenology Flowering mid–late summer.
Habitat Gravel soils, mountain meadows, stream banks
Elevation 1600–3300 m (5200–10800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; OR
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Subspecies bolanderi is known only from the western United States.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 19, p. 513.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Anthemideae > Artemisia > subg. Tridentatae > Artemisia cana
Sibling taxa
A. cana subsp. cana, A. cana subsp. viscidula
Synonyms A. bolanderi, A. tridentata subsp. bolanderi, Seriphidium bolanderi, Seriphidium canum subsp. bolanderi
Name authority (A. Gray) G. H. Ward: Contr. Dudley Herb. 4: 192. (1953)
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