Vascular Plants - Asteraceae - Artemisia:
Artemisia dracunculus
dragon sagewort, tarragon, dragon wormwood 
Blooms: July - October
Habit: shrub,herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Widespread in Western North America; east of the Cascades in our area.
Habitat: Shrub-steppe to dry, open areas at mid-elevations.
Species Description:

General: Nearly odorless to strongly odorous perennial herb, usually glabrous, from a stout rhizome, the several stems 5-15 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves linear or broadly linear, 3-8 cm. long and 2-10 mm. wide, entire, or a few cleft, the lower generally deciduous.
Flowers: Inflorescence an ample panicle; involucre 2-4 mm. high, imbricate and dry; corollas all tubular, yellowish, the outer pistillate and fertile, the inner sterile with abortive ovary; receptacle naked; pappus none.
Fruits: Achenes glabrous.
Accepted Name:
Artemisia dracunculus L.
Synonyms:
Artemisia dracunculus L. ssp. dracunculus
Artemisia dracunculus L. var. dracunculus

Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Artemisia dracunculus var. dracunculus
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Artemisia dracunculus specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Artemisia dracunculus specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.

Washington Flora Checklist: Artemisia dracunculus treatment.

E-Flora BC: Artemisia dracunculus atlas page.

CalPhotos: Artemisia dracunculus images.

USDA Plants Database: Artemisia dracunculus.
Additional photographs of Artemisia dracunculus:
(click on a thumbnail to view larger photo)

Clayton J. Antieau, 1992

Richard Old

Richard Old

Richard Old

Richard Old

G. D. Carr, 2008

G. D. Carr, 2008

G. D. Carr, 2008

G. D. Carr, 2008

G. D. Carr, 2008

G. D. Carr, 2008
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