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Asteraceae

Boreal sagebrush

Artemisia arctica (Besser) Leonova

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Artemisia

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Boreal sagebrush: Artemisia arctica subsp. sachalinensis , Mount Hayachine, Iwate pref., Japan
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
北极蒿, 北極蒿
English
Boreal sagebrush

Characteristics

Growth habit
Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.

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Sources: classification 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.