Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

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

Artemisia filifolia Torrey
(Sand Sage)


Family: Asteraceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
None

Artemisia filifolia is a shrub which inhabits washes and arroyos in the lower elevations of the Gila Wilderness. The leaves are linear and long, as well as light gray with appressed pubescence.
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Artemisia filifolia, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., WD Ranch Road, Sept. 7, 2007



Artemisia filifolia, detail of inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., WD Ranch Road, Nov. 14, 2007


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