Sagebrush
Sagebrush is the
Artemisia. The best known sagebrush is the shrub Artemisia tridentata
. Sagebrushes are native to the North American west.
Following is an alphabetical list of common names for various species of the genus Artemisia, along with their corresponding
scientific name
. Many of these species are known by more than one common name, and some common names represent more than one species.
- Alpine sagebrush—Artemisia scopulorum
- African sagebrush—Artemisia afra
- Basin sagebrush—Artemisia tridentata
- Big sagebrush—see Basin sagebrush
- Bigelow sagebrush—Artemisia bigelovii
- Birdfoot sagebrush—Artemisia pedatifida
- Black sagebrush—Artemisia nova
- Blue sagebrush—see Basin sagebrush
- Boreal sagebrush—Artemisia norvegica
- Budsage—Artemisia spinescens
- California sagebrush—Artemisia californica
- Carruth's sagebrush—Artemisia carruthii
- Coastal sagebrush—see California sagebrush
- Dwarf sagebrush—see Alpine sagebrush
- Fringed sagebrush—Artemisia frigida
- Gray sagewort—see White sagebrush
- Island sagebrush—Artemisia nesiotica
- Little sagebrush—Artemisia arbuscula
- Longleaf sagebrush—Artemisia longifolia
- Low sagebrush—see Little sagebrush
- Michaux sagebrush—Artemisia michauxiana
- Owyhee sagebrush—Artemisia papposa
- Prairie sagebrush—see White sagebrush
- Pygmy sagebrush—Artemisia pygmaea
- Ragweed sagebrush—Artemisia franserioides
- Sand sagebrush—Artemisia filifolia
- Scabland sagebrush—Artemisia rigida
- Silver sagebrush—Artemisia cana
- Succor Creek sagebrush—Artemisia packardiae
- Timberline sagebrush—Artemisia rothrockii
- Threetip sagebrush—Artemisia tripartita
- White sagebrush—Artemisia ludoviciana
See also
References
- Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). Encyclopedia Americana. .
External links
- The dictionary definition of sagebrush at Wiktionary