Carruth's sagewort
Artemisia carruthii Alph. Wood
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Morphology
- Stem
- Ascending, simple or branched distally, tomentose.
- Leaves
- Cauline; blade elliptic in outline, usually pinnatifid with 3-5 lobes, sometimes entire, .2 to 2 inches long, .2 to .8 inch wide, ultimate margins entire, lobes .02 to .07 inch wide, surfaces tomentose.
- Inflorescence
- Heads discoid, in arrays 4-12 inches. Involucres campanulate, .08 to .12 inch wide. Phyllaries 5-20 in 2-4 series lanceolate, tomentose.
- Flower
- Ray florets 0. Disk florets 10-50: peripheral 1-5, pistillate, sterile; central 7-25, bisexual, fertile; corolla yellow, .04 to .08, glandular-pubescent.
- Fruit
- Achenes fusiform, less than .04 inch; seed 1; pappus absent.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Mixed-grass and shortgrass prairies
- Distribution
- West half of Kansas
Practical Information
- Uses
- The Navajo took an infusion of leaves for coughs and fevers and used the seeds for food.
Additional Notes
Comments
Herbs, from a woody caudex, usually also rhizomatous. Artemisia for Artemis, Greek goddess of hunting, wilderness, and wild animals and carruthii, for American botanist James H. Carruth.
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Wildflower
- Family
- Asteraceae - Sunflower Family
- Life Span
- Perennial
- Height
- 8-24 inches
- Origin
- Native
- Last Updated
- 2016-06-24
Color Groups
Yellow Wildflowers
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Blooms: July, August, September