Asteraceae
Sand sagebrush
Artemisia filifolia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Artemisia
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Common names
By language (6)
- arz
- شيح فيليفوليا
- Chinese
- 絲葉艾, 美洲沙蒿
- English
- Sand sagebrush, Sand sage
- nv
- Chʼilzhóóʼ
- Persian
- علف جگن ماسهای
- Russian
- Полынь нителистная
Synonyms
- Artemisia plattensis Nutt.
- Oligosporus filifolius (Torr.) Poljakov
- Oligosporus filifolius (Torr.) W.A.Weber
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 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.