| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Artemisia spinescens D.C.Eaton trib. Anthemideae |
| Bibliography | Botany [Fortieth Parallel]: 180 (1871) |
| Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 600-2200m |
| Description | basally branched, young shoots lanate-tomentose, leaves, pedati-3-5-partite, segments pinnate, ultimate segments narrow, capitula discoid, inflorescence racemose |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
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| 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 | Picrothamnus desertorum Nutt. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |