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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Wormwoods and Sagebrushes
  8. Pectinatae
  9. Biennial Wormwood

species 2,150 observations

Biennial Wormwood

Artemisia biennis

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

33 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Painted Lady, American Lady, Nutmeg Moth, Sagebrush Sheep Moth 7
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Sponge Gall Midge, Sagebrush Medusa Gall Midge, Eutreta diana, Woolly Bud Gall Midge 5
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Mugwort Aphid, Plum-thistle Aphid, Chrysolina marginata, Redpoll 19
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Annulate Masked Bee, Little Masked Bee 2

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Annual Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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