Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Artemisia franserioides Greene
(Ragweed Sagebrush, Ragweed Wormwood)

Family: Asteraceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
None

Artemisia franserioides is a perennial herb with glabrous bipinnatifid and simply pinnatifid leaves. This is one of our higher elevation Sagebrushes, found at up to 10,000 feet elevation and flowering in the autumn.
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Artemisia franserioides, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Mark Donnell, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 4, 2007

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