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§1 Plant

Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt.

vernacular white sagebrush — species · Asteraceae

USDA
ARLU
GBIF
3120950
Rank
species
white sagebrush (Artemisia ludoviciana)
Platephotograph · curt_nimzCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Artemisia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 1,098 counties across 44 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 0 Both · 1098 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Medium
Salinity
High
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
High
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
70 min.
Precipitation
10–60 in/yr
pH range
6–9
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
3 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
White-Gray
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Moderate
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
White
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
4,048,000
Propagation
seed, cuttings, container, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Medium
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,098 counties across 44 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 13 B ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 11 B ▾
California view state ↗ 22 B ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 53 B ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 37 B ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 50 B ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 11 B ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 32 B ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 93 B ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 8 B ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 14 B ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 B ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 19 B ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 68 B ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 52 B ▾
Montana view state ↗ 56 B ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 49 B ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 16 B ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 B ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 B ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 28 B ▾
New York view state ↗ 13 B ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 B ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 48 B ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 23 B ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 39 B ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 26 B ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 12 B ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 B ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 B ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 37 B ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 7 B ▾
Texas view state ↗ 93 B ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 B ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 B ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 13 B ▾
Washington view state ↗ 26 B ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 46 B ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 22 B ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ARLU ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3120950 ↗

Record version

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