Sagebrush is the

common name In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often con ...

of several woody and herbaceous

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

s in the genus '' Artemisia''. The best-known sagebrush is the shrub ''

Artemisia tridentata '' Artemisia tridentata'', commonly called big sagebrush,MacKay, Pam (2013), ''Mojave Desert Wildflowers'', 2nd ed., , p. 264. Great Basin sagebrush or simply sagebrush (one of several related species of this name), is an aromatic shrub from the ...

''. Sagebrush is native to the western half of North America. Following is an alphabetical list of common names for various species of the genus ''Artemisia'', along with their corresponding scientific names. Many of these species are known by more than one common name, and some common names represent more than one species. * Alpine sagebrush—' * African sagebrush—''

Artemisia afra ''Artemisia afra'', the African wormwood, is a common species of the genus '' Artemisia'' in Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million squar ...

'' * Basin sagebrush—''

'' * 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 ''Artemisia californica'', also known as California sagebrush, is a species of western North American shrub in the Asteraceae, sunflower family. In the western United States, California sagebrush is grown in native plant gardens and as a drough ...

'' * 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 ''Artemisia michauxiana'' is a North American species of wormwood in the sunflower family. It is known by the common names Michaux's wormwood and lemon sagewort. It is native to the western United States and Canada. It grows in mountain talus ...

'' * 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''

References

External links

* {{Plant common name Artemisia (genus)

See also

References

External links