Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Artemisia cana Pursh trib. Anthemideae |
Synonyms | Artemisia columbiensis Nutt. |
Habitat | sagebrush wilding |
Altitude | 1000-3300m |
Description | rooting by spreading branches, leaves 2-6cm long, linear to oblanceolate, acute, finely silvery hirsute, capitula in spike or panicle |
Size | 40-90cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Montana , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (North Dakota , Nebraska , South Dakota ) Southwestern U.S.A. South-Central U.S.A. |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
cana bolanderi (A.Gray) G.H.Ward, Contr. Dudley Herb. 4: 192 (1853)
cana viscidula Osterh., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 507 (1900)
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