Artemisia spinescens

Artemisia spinescens
Arches National Park, Utah

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Artemisia
Species:
A. spinescens
Binomial name
Artemisia spinescens
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Picrothamnus desertorum Nutt. 1841 not Artemisia desertorum Spreng. 1826

Artemisia spinescens is a North American species of sagebrush in the sunflower family, known by the common name budsage.[4]

Many sources treat the species separately from genus Artemisia and named Picrothamnus desertorum.[5][2][4] This separation has not, however, been supported by genetic analysis.[6]

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Artemisia spinescens". NatureServe Explorer Artemisia spinescens. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b The Plant List Picrothamnus desertorum Nutt.
  3. ^ Tropicos, Artemisia spinescens D.C. Eaton
  4. ^ a b Flora of North America, Budsage, Picrothamnus Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 417. 1841.
  5. ^ "Picrothamnus desertorum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  6. ^ Forest Service Info Sheet