Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula Calflora

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Taxon Report

Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. ssp. albula (Wooton) D. D. Keck

Silver wormwood, White mugwort, White sagebrush

2011 Steve Matson

2019 Michelle Tollett

2013 Jean Pawek

Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula is a perennial herb that is native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~173 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Parent:	Artemisia ludoviciana
Genus:	Artemisia
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: Possible skin irritation from touching the leaf of this plant.
Do not eat the leaf of this plant.

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Artemisia albula
PLANTS	Artemisia ludoviciana var. albula

Information about Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. albula from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ARLUA) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/13/2025).