Asteraceae
Little sagebrush
Artemisia arbuscula
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Artemisia
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Common names
By language (3)
- arz
- الشيح الشيح
- English
- Little sagebrush, Black sagebrush
- Persian
- علف جگن کوچک
Synonyms
- Artemisia arbuscula var. arbuscula
- Artemisia tridentata var. arbuscula (Nutt.) McMinn
- Seriphidium arbusculum (Nutt.) W.A.Weber
- Seriphidium arbusculum subsp. arbusculum
- Seriphidium arbusculum var. arbusculum
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.