Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis

(Boreal Sagebrush)

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Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis, Loveland Pass, Clear Creek Co. 1511

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Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis, Loveland Pass, Clear Creek Co. 1514

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Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis, Loveland Pass, Clear Creek Co. 1764

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Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis, Loveland Pass, Clear Creek Co. 1769

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Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis, Loveland Pass, Clear Creek Co. 1515

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Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis, Loveland Pass, Clear Creek Co. 1516

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Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis, Loveland Pass, Clear Creek Co. 1521

Scientific Name Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis (Artemisia arctica) USDA PLANTS Symbol ARAR9
Common Name Boreal Sagebrush ITIS Taxonomic Serial No.525294
Family Asteraceae (Sunflower) SEINet
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Description Life zones and habitat: Subalpine to alpine (10000 to 13000 ft.); moist, rocky soils in alpine meadows and tundra slopes.
Plant: Erect perennial 8 to 24 inches tall with 1 to 3 slightly hairy green or reddish stems.
Leaves: Mostly basal leaves in rosettes, bright green and once to three times pinnately-lobed and 2 to 3-1/8 inches long; mid-stem leaves are sessile and pinnately-lobed into linear segments; leaves on flowering stems becoming linear and entire.
Inflorescence: Narrow, spike-like panicle with 6 to 30 small composite flowers, each with 6 to 20 yellow disk florets; round-ish involucre with ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-shaped phyllaries having dark brown to black margins that are somewhat to very hairy.
Bloom Period: July to September.
References: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield and Flora of North America.
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Colorado Status:
Native

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