Blooms: July-September
Habit: shrub
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.

Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
Habitat: Dry plains and hills up to timberline, but not in lithosol or alkaline soil.

Species Description:

General: Erect, branching, aromatic shrub, 4-20 dm. tall, the leaves and young branches covered with fine, grey hairs.
Leaves: Leaves persisting through the winter, narrowly wedge-shaped, 1.5-5 cm. long, 3-toothed at the apex, the upper ones narrower and mostly entire.
Flowers: Heads numerous, sessile, in a loose, elongate panicle, 1.5-7 cm. wide; involucre 3-5 mm. high, covered with fine, grey hairs; corollas all tubular, fertile, all perfect, yellowish, mostly 3-5, occasionally more; receptacle without hairs; pappus none.
Fruits: Achenes glabrous.

Subspecies & Varieties:

Artemisia tridentata Nutt.

Treated in Flora of the PNW as:

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

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

Washington Flora Checklist: Artemisia tridentata treatment.

E-Flora BC: Artemisia tridentata atlas page.

CalPhotos: Artemisia tridentata images.

USDA Plants Database: Artemisia tridentata.