Asteraceae
Big sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Artemisia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 三齿蒿
- English
- Big sagebrush, Sagebrush
- French
- Armoise tridentée
- German
- Steppen-Beifuß, Wüsten-Beifuss, Wüsten-Salbei, Wüstenbeifuss, Wüstenbeifuß, Wüstensalbei
- Italian
- Sagebrush
- nv
- Ts'ah
Synonyms
- Artemisia tridentata f. tridentata
- Artemisia tridentata subsp. xericensis Winward
- Artemisia tridentata var. tridentata
- Seriphidium tridentatum subsp. tridentatum
- Seriphidium tridentatum var. tridentatum
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Peemus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.