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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Wormwoods and Sagebrushes
  8. Dracunculus
  9. Coastal Sagewort

species 6,493 observations

Coastal Sagewort

Artemisia pycnocephala

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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27 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Painted Lady, American Lady, Nutmeg Moth, Sagebrush Sheep Moth 9
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Sponge Gall Midge, Sagebrush Medusa Gall Midge, Eutreta diana, Sagebrush Woolly Stem Gall Midge 6
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Greater Sage-Grouse, Van Duzee's Cicada, Redpoll, Plum-thistle Aphid 10
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Checkered-Skipper, Lesser Long-nosed Bat 2

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Light
Full sun
Moisture
Dry
Water use
Low
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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