Artemisia spinescens

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

Artemisia spinescens
Arches National Park, Utah

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific 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
  • Picrothamnus desertorum Nutt. 1841 not Artemisia desertorum Spreng. 1826

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

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