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Asteraceae

Black sagebrush

Artemisia nova A.Nelson

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Artemisia

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Black sagebrush: Artemisia nova in upper Lee Canyon near highway 156 below the Deer Creek Highway junction, Spring Mountains, southern Nevada
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
arz
الارطماسيا نوفا
Chinese
黑艾蒿
English
Black sagebrush
nv
Tsétah tsʼah

Synonyms

  • Artemisia arbuscula subsp. nova (A.Nelson) G.H.Ward
  • Artemisia arbuscula var. nova (A.Nelson) Cronquist
  • Artemisia nova var. duchesnicola S.L.Welsh & Goodrich
  • Artemisia nova var. nova
  • Artemisia tridentata subsp. nova H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Artemisia tridentata var. nova (A.Nelson) McMinn
  • Seriphidium novum (A.Nelson) W.A.Weber

Flowers

Flower colour
brown (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

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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.