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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Wormwoods and Sagebrushes
  8. Mugworts
  9. San Diego Sagewort

species 1,808 observations

San Diego Sagewort

Artemisia palmeri

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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17 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Painted Lady, American Lady, Nutmeg Moth, Wormwood Plume Moth 5
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Sponge Gall Midge, Sagebrush Medusa Gall Midge, Sagebrush Woolly Stem Gall Midge, Woolly Bud Gall Midge 4
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Van Duzee's Cicada, Plum-thistle Aphid, Platypedia vanduzeei, Neoplatypedia constricta 5
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Umber Skipper, Western Boxelder Bug, Lesser Long-nosed Bat 3

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
Moist
Water use
Low
Deer resistant
Yes
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and USDA PLANTS.

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