| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Artemisia cana Pursh trib. Anthemideae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 521 (1813) |
| Native Range | w. & c. Canada to nw. & nc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| 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 | lsummer |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Artemisia columbiensis Nutt. Seriphidium canum (Pursh) W.A.Weber |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) |