species 29,642 observations
Silver Wormwood
Artemisia ludoviciana
Field notes
Artemisia ludoviciana is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae, known by several common names, including silver wormwood, western mugwort, Louisiana wormwood, white sagebrush, lobed cud-weed, prairie sage, and gray sagewort.
Ludoviciana is the Latinized version of the word Louisiana.
The plant is of great cultural significance in many Indigenous North American traditions.
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
American Lady, Painted Lady, Nutmeg Moth, Sagebrush Sheep Moth
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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
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Greater Sage-Grouse, Cudweed Grasshopper, Van Duzee's Cicada, Redpoll
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Lesser Long-nosed Bat
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry Well drained
- Water use
- Low
- Drought tolerant
- Yes
- Deer resistant
- Yes
- Plant type
- Herbaceous perennial
From NC State Extension and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.