Asteraceae
Bud sagebrush
Picrothamnus desertorum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Picrothamnus
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Picrothamnus desertorumAsteraceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bud sagebrush
Synonyms
- Artemisia spinescens D.C.Eaton
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 32 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
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.