Sagebrush
For other uses, see Sagebrush (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with sage plants, in the genus Salvia

Artemisia tridentata ("big sagebrush")

Leaves and flowers of Artemisia tridentata
Sagebrush is a common name applied generally to several woody and herbaceous species of plants in the genus Artemisia. The best known sagebrush is the shrub Artemisia tridentata. Other common names for herbaceous plants in the genus Artemisia include tarragon, mugwort, sagewort, and wormwood. 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.
- Absinthe wormwood—Artemisia absinthium
- African sagebrush—Artemisia afra
- Alpine sagebrush—Artemisia scopulorum
- Annual wormwood—Artemisia annua
- Basin sagebrush—Artemisia tridentata
- Beach wormwood—Artemisia stelleriana
- 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 arctica
- Budsage—Artemisia spinescens
- California mugwort—Artemisia douglasiana
- California sagebrush—Artemisia californica
- Carruth's sagebrush—Artemisia carruthii
- Chinese mugwort—Artemisia argyi
- Chinese mugwort—Artemisia verlotiorum
- Coastal sagebrush—see California sagebrush
- Common mugwort—Artemisia vulgaris
- Common wormwood—Artemisia vulgaris
- Dwarf sagebrush—see Alpine sagebrush
- Fringed sagebrush—Artemisia frigida
- Glacier wormwood—Artemisia glacialis
- Grande wormwood—see Absinthe wormwood
- Gray sagewort—see White sagebrush
- Island sagebrush—Artemisia nesiotica
- Japanese mugwort—Artemisia princeps
- Little sagebrush—Artemisia arbuscula
- Longleaf sagebrush—Artemisia longifolia
- Low sagebrush—see Little sagebrush
- Michaux sagebrush—Artemisia michauxiana
- Norwegian mugwort—Artemisia norvegica
- Owyhee sagebrush—Artemisia papposa
- Prairie sagebrush—see White sagebrush
- Pygmy sagebrush—Artemisia pygmaea
- Ragweed sagebrush—Artemisia franserioides
- Roman wormwood—Artemisia pontica
- Sand sagebrush—Artemisia filifolia
- Scabland sagebrush—Artemisia rigida
- Silver sagebrush—Artemisia cana
- Succor Creek sagebrush—Artemisia packardiae
- Sweet wormwood—see Annual wormwood
- Tarragon—Artemisia dracunculus
- Timberline sagebrush—Artemisia rothrockii
- Threetip sagebrush—Artemisia tripartita
- White sagebrush—Artemisia ludoviciana
- White wormwood—Artemisia herba-alba
Notes
References
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Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Sage-brush". Encyclopedia Americana.