Silver Sagebrush, Sticky Sagebrush, Silver Wormwood, Hoary Sagebrush, Dwarf Sagebrush Artemisia cana

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Botanical Name:

Artemisia cana

Family:

Asteraceae

Genus:

Artemisia

Species:

cana

Common Name:

Silver Sagebrush, Sticky Sagebrush, Silver Wormwood, Hoary Sagebrush, Dwarf Sagebrush

Seeds Per Pound:
2,500,000
Quantity:
1.17 lb
Germination:
70%
Germination Test Type:
estimate
Purity:
38%
Height:
1.5-5 ft
Collection Locale:
Iowa
Crop Year:
2023
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
3
Harvest hemisphere:
Northern
In Stock: 1.17 lb
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Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.
Stratification: none required.
Germination: surface sow and keep moist.
Short description:
Usda description:
More info on http://plants.usda.gov
Artemisia cana is a species of sagebrush native to western and central North America , having three subspecies . [ 3 ] It known by many common names, including silver sagebrush , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] sticky sagebrush , silver wormwood , [ 2 ] hoary sagebrush , and dwarf sagebrush . [ 3 ] While these names apply to the species in general, there are others for each subspecies: plains silver sagebrush applies only to the autonymous subspecies Artemisia cana subsp. cana ; Bolander silver sagebrush applies to A. c. subsp. bolanderi ; and mountain silver sagebrush applies to A. c. subsp. viscidula . [ 3 ] The type specimen was described informally by its collector, Meriwether Lewis (collected on October 1st 1804, in the vicinity of Centinel Creek in South Dakota , during the epic Lewis and Clark Expedition ), in the following passage from Original Journals of Lewis and Clark , edited by Thwaites in 1904 :
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Usda description:
More info on http://plants.usda.gov