Asteraceae
Coastal sagebrush
Artemisia californica
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Artemisia
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Coastal sagebrush
- Persian
- درمنه آمریکایی
- Thai
- เซจบรัชแคลิฟอร์เนีย
Synonyms
- Artemisia abrotanoides Nutt.
- Artemisia californica var. californica
- Artemisia fischeriana Besser
- Artemisia fischeriana var. fischeriana
- Artemisia fischeriana var. vegetior Besser
- Artemisia foliosa Nutt.
- Crossostephium californicum Rydb.
- Crossostephium foliosa Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: Franco Folini, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.