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Asteraceae

Pygmy sagebrush

Artemisia pygmaea A.Gray

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Artemisia

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Pygmy sagebrush: Artemisia pygmaea may be an azonal species in that it is restricted to clayey (e.g., bentonite-like) knolls and not off such soils where grasses like Hilaria ja
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Common names

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English
Pygmy sagebrush

Synonyms

  • Seriphidium pygmaeum (A.Gray) W.A.Weber

Characteristics

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

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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.