White Sage

(Artemisia ludoviciana)

 

Color Photograph: North Dakota State University Extension Service

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

White Sage (Artemisia ludoviciana)

Identification: Flowers small, round, yellow-green, arising in small panicles from the leaf axils. Leaves bladelike (lanceolate), not subdivided except lower leaves which may have apical teeth. Leaves with fine white hair on lower side giving plant a gray-white appearance. Plant 1 to 3 feet in height.

Distribution: Most of North America, but primarily in the midwest and mountain states, occasionaly escaping from cultivation in the east.

Habitat: White Sage is found on dry soils.

Flowering period: July to September.

White Sage (Artemisia ludoviciana)

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The gray-white coloration of the plant and the lanceolate leaves are distinctive.

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